Agility in Response to Extreme Weather Events
Published: Jan 30, 2013
Photo: Prasad
Embankment building, Mausani, Sunderban
Abstract: For certain places extreme weather events no longer seem to be statistically extreme but a norm. The populace of such places is likely to find it increasingly more expensive to be physically secure and lead a life they are used to.
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