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The 2010 Haiti earthquake showed that building codes must be adopted and strictly enforced. Furthermore, timely disaster recovery requires these codes to be supplemented by comprehensive hazard-insurance programmes.

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I wish to thank my colleagues on the US Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction for their helpful comments. However, none of the conclusions expressed here necessarily reflects views other than those of the author.

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  1. Michael K. Lindell is in the Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3137, USA. mlindell@tamu.edu,

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Lindell, M. Built-in resilience. Nature Geosci 3, 739–740 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo998

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