Learning from Disasters... Lisbon 1755

Author(s)
Clarke, P.
Publication language
English
Pages
20pp
Date published
01 Mar 2013
Type
Presentations
Keywords
Disasters, Earthquakes, Urban, Urban design/planning
Countries
Portugal
Organisations
Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP), Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP), Oxford Brookes University

This historical case study of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake explores the events and aftermaths of this devestating event, which changed the future of Portugal forever; changing the way people thought about the urban environment and even gave birth to the study of seismology.