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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

It is a mixture of simple errors, lax procedures, ignorance, deliberate evasion, indifference to public safety, untenable architectural fashions, corruption and failure to enforce the codes. Mosalam 2003. The tragedy lies in their non-observance and the paucity of retrofitting. It is these that collapse. Whittaker, K.J. Elwood and K.M.