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Proposed new city of Istanbul premiers in animated video

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Istanbul is at such high risk for a devastating earthquake that engineers at Purdue University and the Republic of Turkey have come up with a bold new proposal: build a second city.

A second satellite city would provide immediate refuge to inhabitants of the old city in the event of a catastrophic earthquake and soften such an event's effects on the nation's economy.

Read More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080109SozenAnimation.html

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