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Water-Related Disasters and Disaster Risk Management in Metropolitan Areas (Tokyo)

Published on: April 12, 2017 by Saad Iqbal

This article is an abstract of Dr. Koji IKEUCHI’s presentation who is a professor at the University of Tokyo since October 2016. Before that, he worked at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) till June 2016. As a civil engineer of the MLIT, He was in charge of flood control measures and … Read more

Mississippi River Bridge Failure 2007, USA ‪Infrastructure Crises

Published on: May 22, 2015 by Saad Iqbal

It was the height of the evening rush hour on Aug. 1, 2007, when the 35W bridge in Minneapolis fell into the Mississippi River. The bridge carried an estimated 140,000 vehicles per day, and the National Transportation Safety Board cited a design flaw as the likely main cause of the collapse. A gusset plate holding … Read more