Related content from HighBeam Research on: Major Earthquakes around the World, 2008

Post-Earthquake Reconstruction: Towards a Much More Participatory Planning (Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management)

In Qinghai Province in China, earthquake kills hundreds and levels buildings.(World) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Rescuers battle roadblocks, high altitude to reach survivors in China earthquake.(World) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Cloud cover: the Canterbury earthquakes helped elevate 'cloud' computing as a platform of choice for SMEs wanting to minimize their risk exposure. But does it have that silver lining for all businesses? Kevin Kevany reports.(CLOUD COMPUTING) (NZ Business)

Does global trade still have Its groove? recession, earthquakes and tsunamis, rising oil prices, and political instability are rocking traders, but some are surviving and thriving.(COVER STORY) (World Trade)

JR East gets to grips with the energy crisis: mikio uchida, chief of JR East's environmental management office in the management planning department explains the railway's energy efficiency strategy in the wake of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami.(Eco-friendly railways) (International Railway Journal)

How strong are the links in your supply chain? The Sendai earthquake revealed vulnerabilities, but that's not the half of it.(RISK & COMPLIANCE) (World Trade)

China in focus: total advertising spend in China increased 15 percent year-on-year to reach RMB441.3 billion (US$64.52 billion) by the end of 2008, with television accounting for 76 percent of that. While ad revenues are set to fall in 2009, the best opportunities for foreign media companies looking to do business in mainland China still lie in co-production and format licensing deals.(country focus: china) (Television Asia)

5w's (Step Inside Design)

Recent Findings in Structural Engineering Described by Researchers from Dalian University of Technology (Journal of Engineering)