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GREAT HANSHIN EARTHQUAKE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2003-04-16
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Urban Studies
- Emergency Management
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- disaster town
1, record 1, English, disaster%20town
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- disaster city 2, record 1, English, disaster%20city
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A spokesman for a group of foreigners struggling to help the people of Bethlehem ... has told the Tablet; "We understand they are beginning to suffer psychological breakdown without food or medicine and forced to listen to sound grenades and other ghastly noises coming from a crane ... . Bethlehem is a disaster town. Children are suffering serious psychological disorders now and during the brief curfews Bethlehem women, usually so proud, desperately beg for bread in the streets during this window of opportunity to feed their families." 3, record 1, English, - disaster%20town
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
This paper examines the housing recovery policy carried out in Kobe, a disaster city heavily damaged by the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 17 January 1995. 2, record 1, English, - disaster%20town
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
disaster area: An area officially declared to be the scene of an emergency created by a disaster and therefore qualified to receive certain types of governmental aid (as emergency loans and relief supplies). 4, record 1, English, - disaster%20town
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Urbanisme
- Gestion des urgences
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- ville sinistrée
1, record 1, French, ville%20sinistr%C3%A9e
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La Ville de Marseille a courageusement maintenu sa participation à la Journée «En ville, sans ma voiture!» malgré une procédure de classement en «ville sinistrée». Le mardi 19 septembre 2000, un orage centennal s'est abattu sur la ville, occasionnant des dégradations très importantes sur les biens publics, ainsi que pour les commerces et les particuliers (3 victimes, 20 000 foyers privés d'électricité...). [...] Dès 7 h du matin, conformément au cahier des charges du Ministère, le périmètre a été interdit à la circulation avec cependant des mesures particulières pour les véhicules d'intervention des sociétés de nettoyage et de dépannage électricité/plomberie. 2, record 1, French, - ville%20sinistr%C3%A9e
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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