Christian Science Monitor: Urban planner quoted on economic toll of New Zealand earthquake

Release Date: February 25, 2011 This content is archived.

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An article in the Christian Science Monitor about the economic toll from the earthquake in New Zealand quotes JiYoung Park, assistant professor of urban and regional planning. Transportation and lost productivity are among the economic problems that country faces, Park said. "Laborers will lose their money directly…And the economy will be impacted again by the losses of their purchases," he said. The article also appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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