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Singapore is taking steps to strengthen the country's resilience against rising sea levels. An ongoing, first-of-its-kind study commissioned by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) will form the national framework for coastal protection measures.
Taiwan's premier pledged Friday to change safety laws after more than 100 people were killed when an earthquake toppled an apartment complex thought to have been weakened by shoddy construction, reports Straits Times. In the first sitting of Taiwan's new parliament since the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) swept to victory in elections in January, Chang San-cheng said his cabinet's priority was to improve disaster prevention....
With more than one third of the 305 Asia-Pacific cities in coastal areas, 'the lesson for the region from Hurricane Sandy must be to improve coastal urban planning, storm protection, and relief and recovery when disaster strikes'...
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