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For centuries, The Netherlands has dealt with flooding and high waters by developing innovative water management methods, and other countries have recently started tapping into this Dutch expertise. The greatest lesson to be learned from the Dutch, however, is more about mindset and culture, which reflect how political and legal systems deal with disasters.
'Collapsing buildings, not earthquakes, kill people,' writes Max Wyss of the International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics in the Earth Magazine. 'This is a time in hazard and risk seismology when new approaches are needed'...
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