Earthquakes and Environmental Refugees: Time for ‘Green’ Engineering

• Main Authors: Nair, Tamara, Chong, Alan
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84843; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42006
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The 7 December 2016 earthquake that struck Aceh was the closest repeat of the infamous 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that struck the very same province of Indonesia. Thankfully, fewer lives were lost due to vastly improved warning procedures. There are some practical solutions to cope wit...