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Stories by Aurora Almendral

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In the Philippines, Urban Planning Needs to Outrun the Next Big Storm

Street Vendors Have A Lot to Teach Us About How Urban Space Works

75% of the Infrastructure That Will Exist in 2050 Doesn’t Exist Today

“Already on Roof!”: How Rescuers Sift Through Twitter to Find Disaster Victims

A Pre-Disaster Check-Up for Healthcare Facilities

We’re Spending Post-Disaster Aid Entirely the Wrong Way

To Control Disease, a City Puts a Bounty on Rats’ Heads

A Tale of Two Disaster Command Centers: One Rich, One Poor

The Many Legitimate Reasons Slum-Dwellers Don’t Evacuate Before Storms

Typhoons Are Getting So Strong That Focus Is Shifting Away From Recovery

Philippines electric tricycles

This Country Is Planning Its Entire Transportation System Around Electric Tricycles

3 New Apps That Could Save Lives in a Natural Disaster

Interactive Earthquake Map Shows Filipinos How Many People Will Die in Their Neighborhood

With Buses Bolted to Tugboats, Manila Proves Any City Can Have a Ferry System

Post-Catastrophe Loan Sharks Prey on Disaster Victims

The Slum That Became Manila’s Recycling Champ

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