17910GDACS EMM News Feed Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material Breakthrough brings scientists closer to a forecast for the next big quake off the Hawke's Bay coasthttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12232974&ref=rssThe Hikurangi plate boundary is where the Pacific tectonic plate subducts the Australian tectonic plate and is what scientists call a subduction zone. Subduction zones are a type of fault and are responsible for the most powerful earthquakes and tsunamis in the world.Wed, 22 May 2019 00:44:00 +0200nzherald-8273a9e03e9081be5c2125a5bb2c30b520190522004400Tepco cautioned about employing foreign workers at Fukushima nuclear plant under new visa systemhttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/national/tepco-cautioned-employing-foreign-workers-fukushima-plant-new-visa-system/The government on Tuesday urged the operator of the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to carefully examine the firm’s plan to have non-Japanese work at the complex under a new visa program, citing difficulties in managing long-term health risks.Tue, 21 May 2019 09:23:00 +0200japantimes-1fbdf43e78d6ae1a17d7168907a5ad8f20190521092300Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 2878: Walkability and Resilience: A Qualitative Approach to Design for Risk Reductionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/10/2878Abstract Quality of life and well-being are hardly ever an issue when life itself is at stake. The advantages of high-quality walkable streets and public spaces are underestimated when larger problems need to be addressed first and seemingly more serious solutions need to be applied.Tue, 21 May 2019 08:33:00 +0200mdpi-341d23b64c78af5fd1983968157a20c420190521083300Earth Manual Project a creative way to learn disaster readinesshttps://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/05/21/earth-manual-project-a-creative-way-learn-disaster-readiness.htmlOf days gone by: The Lost Homes project is meant to instill empathy while easing the survivors’ healing process.Through its adorable designs and smart concepts, the Earth Manual Project exhibition draws the public’s interest to learn about disaster readiness.Tue, 21 May 2019 07:15:00 +0200JakartaPost-4052770c5c3ec9891e99bc6309e7386320190521071500