Ian Watkinson
Ian Watkinson is a geoscientist from the Department of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway University of London. He has studied the impacts of modern construction practices in Myanmar and how the country's recent building boom has affected its vulnerability to seismic events, especially in the context of its infrastructure's performance during earthquakes.
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Taiwan:
Ian Watkinson, from the department of earth sciences at Royal Holloway University of London, said what had changed in recent decades was the boom in high-rise buildings constructed from reinforced concrete.
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Venezuela:
Ian Watkinson, a professor of Earth sciences at Royal Holloway University, expressed concerns about the lack of earthquake-resistant buildings in Myanmar.
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Uruguay:
Ian Watkinson, a professor of Earth sciences at Royal Holloway University, considers it unlikely that many buildings in Myanmar are built to earthquake-resistant standards.
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Paraguay:
Ian Watkinson from the Earth Sciences department at Royal Holloway, University of London, discussed how modern infrastructure is being tested by this earthquake.
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Pakistan:
Ian Watkinson, from the department of earth sciences at Royal Holloway University of London, said what had changed in recent decades was the boom in high-rise buildings constructed from reinforced concrete.
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United Kingdom:
Dr Ian Watkinson, a lecturer in earth sciences at Royal Holloway University, expressed concerns about the lack of earthquake-proof buildings in Myanmar.
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Indonesia:
Ian Watkinson is from the Department of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway, London University, who warned about the possibility of aftershocks.
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Indonesia:
Ian Watkinson is from the Department of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway, London University, who warned about potential aftershocks.
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Nigeria:
Ian Watkinson, from the department of earth sciences at Royal Holloway University of London, said what had changed in recent decades was the 'boom in high-rise buildings constructed from reinforced concrete'.
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