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1 The impact and management of the primary and secondary effects of earthquake activity reflect knowledge, perception and stage of development. -Impact of primary & secondary effects -Management of primary & secondary effects -How does our knowledge, perception & the stage of development of earthquakes influence their impact and how we deal with them? -Case studies: -MEDC Kobe, Japan (see P.P.5) -LEDC Gujarat in India (see P.P.6)

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3 Four adults and a child were killed when this newly built shopping and residential complex collapsed. The workers are doing the final demolition work with simple sledgehammers.

4 Lack of heavy lifting machinery slowed rescue attempts

5 http://gees.usc.edu/GEES/RecentEQ/India_Gujarat/photos/india_photo. htm

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7 Thousands killed as a result of building collapse

8 Rescue worker risks his life to disable gas cylinder.

9 French rescue worker and sniffer dog. Many temples and historic sites damaged.

10 Emergency camps in the middle of a city and a rural village destroyed

11 Cracks opened near epicentre

12 Farmland & Roads


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