科学家警告说,由于地理位置的吻合,象苏联亚美尼亚那样的地震造成的死亡人数在今后将显著上升。据科罗拉多大学的地震学家比尔哈姆(Ro-ger Bilham)认为,这是因为世界上最大的和发展最快的10座城市中有4座位于地震危险区。在这里举行的美国地球物理联合会秋季会议上,比尔哈姆说,根据目前的城市发展速度,在12年内,这样“特大城市”里的2.9亿多居民将处于危险之中,并且其中80%以上的 Scientists have warned that the number of deaths due to earthquakes such as those of the Soviet Union in Armenia will rise significantly in the future due to geographical proximity. According to Ro-ger Bilham, a seismologist at the University of Colorado, this is because four of the 10 largest cities in the world and the fastest growing are in danger zones. At the AFP Fall meeting here, Bill Hamm said that according to the current pace of urban development, more than 290 million inhabitants in such “megalopolises” will be in jeopardy within 12 years and 80% Above