As the death toll from the April 16, 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Ecuador continues to rise, the magnitude of the disaster comes more clearly into focus. The earthquake struck off the west coast of Ecuador, injuring 2,500 people and killing nearly 500. According…
The Thousand-Year Flood
The water just kept rising and rising. Seventy-nine years ago one of America’s great natural disasters began with the inexorable rise of the Ohio and…
The European Environment Agency Releases a Report on Green Infrastructure
Building and managing a well-planned network of natural areas might provide an effective and, in many cases, cheaper solution for coping with natural…
Risk of Losing Home to Disasters is Four Times More Likely Since 1970
GENEVA, March 11, 2015—The report coincides with the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan, where governments will adopt a global plan to reduce disaster risk and build upon the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015.…
Designing Infrastructure with Resilience from Disruptions and Disasters
When infrastructure is resilient, it is able to bounce back after a disruption at an acceptable cost and speed. When resilient infrastructure is interdependent, cascading failures between infrastructure systems may be eased or possibly even avoided. This ideal…
