Living with disaster: Building the cities of the future

Episode 147,   Feb 15, 2023, 09:30 AM

After a large earthquake struck Turkey and Syria last week, those of us living in Japan can’t help but worry about something similar happening here. This week, we speak to Prof. Hitoshi Abe, an architect who has some ideas on how to start designing our cities to better deal with such inevitable disasters.

Hosted by: Shaun McKenna and Jason Jenkins, and produced by Dave Cortez.

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Photo: A man walks along the seawall near Watanoha, Miyagi Prefecture. | OSCAR BOYD