Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters The Perspective from the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi: Summary of a Workshop (2011) / Chapter Skim
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To identify ways in which to increase the nation's resilience to natural disasters and hazards, the National Research Council formed the Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters (Appendix A) under the joint oversight of the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy and the Disasters Roundtable.
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• Present conclusions and recommendations about the approaches that are needed to elevate national resilience to hazards and disasters in the United States. At its first meeting in September 2010, the committee adopted a provisional definition of resilience: The ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from, or more successfully adapt to actual or potential adverse events.
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. Experts who provided input to the committee at the meeting rep resented a wide range of perspectives on disaster resilience, including physical and engineering sciences, social sciences, local and state government, the private sector, public health, and community-based organizations (Appendix C)
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Adopting and enforcing building codes, investing in hazard mitigation, and leveraging the skills and resources of community nonprofits and the private sector are only a few things that we must continue to do. Households, in turn, and individuals must do their best to plan ahead, maintain their property, prepare a supply kit, heed local evacuation orders, and purchase reasonable levels of insurance.
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I've made three trips to the Netherlands to think about how they operate using water -- not running from it but learning to live with it. We are a water city in New Orleans.
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