Urban Catastrophes Case Studies
Earthquakes
- Lisbon, 1755
- Valparaiso, 1906
- Tokyo, 1923
- San Juan – Argentina, 1944
- Mexico City, 1986
Hurricanes
- New Orleans, 2005
Fires
- Tokyo, 1657
- Chicago, 1871
- San Francisco, 1906
- Salonika, 1917
Industrial Accidents
- Halifax, 1917
Floods
- Sheffield, 1864
- Melbourne, 1891
Deindustrialization & Economic Decline
- Camden, New Jersey
Post-Conflict Reconstructions
- First World War (Reims and Lviv)
- Spanish Civil War (Barcelona)
- Second World War (Coventry, Leningrad)
- Lebanese Civil War (Beirut)
- The collapse of Yugoslavia (Sarajevo).