Disasters Are Us
Urban planning in the Anthropocene Age
In ancient Pompeii on 5th February AD 62 there was a massive earthquake, conceivably measuring between 5 and 6 on the Richter scale, that wreaked considerable damage in the cities around the Bay of Naples. The people of Pompeii were used to earth tremors. But in this instance chaos ensued, fires adding to the panic as almost every building in the city w…
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