Urban Catastrophes Case Studies
![Mexico City Earthquakes photo](1985_mexico_earthquake.jpg)
Earthquakes
- Lisbon, 1755
- Valparaiso, 1906
- Tokyo, 1923
- San Juan – Argentina, 1944
- Mexico City, 1986
![Hurricane Katrina photo](katrina_2005-08-28_1700z.jpg)
Hurricanes
- New Orleans, 2005
![Aftermath of the Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 photo](aftermath_of_the_thessaloniki_fire_of_1917.jpg)
Fires
- Tokyo, 1657
- Chicago, 1871
- San Francisco, 1906
- Salonika, 1917
![Halifax Explosion](halifax_explosion.jpg)
Industrial Accidents
- Halifax, 1917
![Melbourne Flood 1891 photo](melbourne_flood_1891.jpeg)
Floods
- Sheffield, 1864
- Melbourne, 1891
![abandoned factory in hanover photo](abandoned_factory_in_hanover.jpg)
Deindustrialization & Economic Decline
- Camden, New Jersey
![World War 2 Caen France photo](ww2_caen_france.jpeg)
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).