What Can Taiwan Do to Prevent Natural Disasters? | Taiwan Talks EP14
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With a spate of earthquakes above magnitude 6 hitting Taiwan, TaiwanTalks asks what makes the country so vulnerable to natural disaster, and asks whether the nation is ready for the next big natural â or manmade â emergency.
Could Taiwan suffer an earthquake that triggers a volcano eruption? Climate change is affecting countries around the world bringing extreme weather events to even temperate countries in Europe â but how is it affecting Taiwan?
Formerly Minister of the Interior, Lee Hong-yuan, now Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at National Taiwan University, an expert in environmental disasters and disaster prevention, and Peng Chi-ming, President of Taiwan Disaster Industry Association and the Founder & CEO of WeatherRisk Explore, help us explore the strengths and weaknesses of Taiwanâs disaster response.
We also spoke to Leo Bosner a research fellow at Western Pacific Fellowship Project and former U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency pla
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