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July 18, 2011

A Million Dead in 30 Seconds

Claire Berlinski, City Journal

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Seismic risk mitigation is the greatest urban policy challenge that the world confronts today. If you consider that too strong a claim, try to imagine another way in which bad urban policy could kill a million people in 30 seconds.

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