At 5:12 am local time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, when nearly half a million people lived in San Francisco, California, of which the majority of them were fast asleep…
Contemporary architecture was born after the 20th century and after the First world war. The necessities felt by cities and countries to revive and rebuild was a task and during…
Situated within the collision zone of the Circum-Pacific Belt, Japan is considered a disaster-prone country as the number of natural disasters occurring is relatively high compared to other parts of…
A mirror to the harsh brutalities of the French government, the raft of the Medusa is a masterpiece by the legendary artist Théodore Géricault symbolising the oppression inferred on the…
Wars, violence, persecution, and natural disasters have compelled millions of people to depart their homes in search of safety and sanctuary abroad. In 2017, some of the highest levels of…
Floods are known as an overflow of water that submerges dry land. Floods are the second most common natural problem for buildings all over the world after forest fires. Generally,…
Present-day radioactive Galapagos Islands to the biologists working in the area, Pripyat was once home to about 50,000 people who had dedicated their lives to the possibility of a working…
Banda Aceh Indonesia, Rising with the brim of sunshine, early in the morning of December 26, 2004, a magnitude of 9.1 quakes off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh, which was…
MinamiSanriku is a small town in the northeastern corner of Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. Shizugawa, Togura, Utatsu and Iriya are the four districts that together make MinamiSanriku. It is famously…
Tangshan in the northeastern part of the North China plains lies a prosperous city that goes by the name Tangshan. For an outsider, it paints a happy picture of development,…
Earthquake, over the years, has destroyed many buildings and settlements. Today, as we learn new techniques to suit our lifestyle, we also work towards preventing the aftermaths of a disaster.…