UN urges cities to build to withstand quakes, floods
Source(s):
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
More investment and better planning is required in order to save lives and cut the cost of recovery from the increasing number of 'natural' disasters, said a senior UN official Margareta Walhstöm, on the international day for disaster reduction.
"Today's urban planning demands foresight and much more attention to disaster risk," she said.