In this report we examine the three key aspects of disaster response, and the need for engineers to be at the heart of efforts to reduce the impact of these events, from initial humanitarian aid through to building resilience for the future.
Every year, natural events, such as earthquakes, floods, storms, heatwaves and droughts cause huge humanitarian and economic damage around the world. Although we are now better able to identify and respond to such natural disasters than ever before, in many cases lack of knowledge and poor planning, resourcing and deployment of relief systems can create problems for both the local and global community.
In this report we demonstrate that it is crucial for the future of people’s lives, their properties and communities – as well as local, national and global economic activity – that resilience building is incorporated more vigorously in the human response to extreme natural events.
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