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Peter Hass: O desastre de engenharia do Haiti

Filmed Jul 2010 • Posted Oct 2010TED Senior Fellows at TEDGlobal 2010
TED Senior Fellows at TEDGlobal 2010
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"O Haiti não foi um desastre natural," diz o TED Fellow Peter Haas: "Foi um desastre de engenharia." Enquanto o país é reconstruído após o catastrófico abalo em janeiro, as más práticas de construções criariam outra bomba-relógio? O grupo de Haas, AIDG (Grupo de Desenvolvimento de Arquitetura Apropriada), está ajudando os construtores a aprenderem práticas modernas de construção e engenharia, para montar um país forte, tijolo a tijolo.

Inveterate tinkerer Peter Haas is the co-founder of AIDG, the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group, which connect people to electricity, sanitation and clean water through a combination of business incubation, education, and outreach. Full bio »

Translated into Portuguese, Brazilian by Marcos Vinícius Petri
Reviewed by Fernando Marinheiro
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