The crushing weight of urban waste.
@article{Yang2016TheCW, title={The crushing weight of urban waste.}, author={Hong Yang and Xianjin Huang and Julian R. Thompson and Ryan M. Bright and Rasmus Astrup}, journal={Science}, year={2016}, volume={351 6274}, pages={ 674 } }
On 20 December 2015, a mountain of construction waste collapsed in Shenzhen, north of Hong Kong. The man-made landslide destroyed 33 buildings, killed 69 people, and left 8 others missing ([ 1 ][1]). This disaster occurred only 4 months after the chemical explosions in a hazardous material storage
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