Community bonds, not seawalls, key to minimizing deaths: 3/11 study

133 Ortschaften der Küste in Tohoku sind nach dem Tsunami untersucht, ob Betonmauern Leben gerettet haben.

die Antwort ist: Based on the results of his study, Aldrich believes Japan should re-examine its recovery priorities: “Did the previous existing seawalls save lives? The answer is pretty clearly no. Will the same level seawall save any more lives if there is the same level of tsunami? I can’t see why it would. There’s no logic behind that.”