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World Bank: Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters. “An excellent piece of work with really practical lessons that will influence the way disasters are handled—and indeed prevented… [it] could make a gigantic difference to the lives of vulnerable people.
I welcome it warmly.” —Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1998 “A remarkable combination of case studies, data on many scales, and the application of economic principles…[this report] provides a deep understanding of the relative roles of the market, government intervention, and social institutions in determining and improving both the prevention and the response to hazardous occurrences. “ —Kenneth J. “Careful, thoughtful, studious….responses will be more effective, before and after the event, and damage will be less if governments, relief organizations, and others learn from this study.” —Robert M. “Fascinating and right on target....rebuilding is not just of the physical world but also the much tougher job of rebuilding trust and social capital….You are doing very important work.” Oregon Clean Energy Economic Analysis. Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative. No person or place is immune from disasters or disaster-related losses.
Infectious disease outbreaks, acts of terrorism, social unrest, or financial disasters in addition to natural hazards can all lead to large-scale consequences for the nation and its communities. Communities and the nation thus face difficult fiscal, social, cultural, and environmental choices about the best ways to ensure basic security and quality of life against hazards, deliberate attacks, and disasters. Beyond the unquantifiable costs of injury and loss of life from disasters, statistics for 2011 alone indicate economic damages from natural disasters in the United States exceeded $55 billion, with 14 events costing more than a billion dollars in damages each. One way to reduce the impacts of disasters on the nation and its communities is to invest in enhancing resilience--the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from and more successfully adapt to adverse events. Resilient King County White Paper 1.2014. 100 Resilient Cities - Resilient Cities Framework.