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Bottom-up disaster resilience

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The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake highlights some of the successes of government-led schemes to mitigate the impact of natural disasters. A stronger focus on individuals and local communities could reduce losses even further in the future.

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Figure 1: Bridge collapse caused by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China.

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The author acknowledges the research support given by Sida Liu during the preparation of this manuscript.

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  1. Emily Y. Y. Chan is at the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China,

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Chan, E. Bottom-up disaster resilience. Nature Geosci 6, 327–328 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1815

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