Design for Disaster
PREPARATION IMMEDIATE RESPONSE & RECOVERY
PROCESS
In Anticipation: Reduce risk and improve daily quality of life in anticipation of events for communities prone to crisis.
Develop Partnerships: Educational programs and retail initiatives encourage corporate and residential community members to play an active role in all aspects of emergency management.
Rebuild to Withstand: Where there is risk now, there will always be risk.
Interdisciplinary Approach
Bring the common interests of all parties and sectors together and work with local residents and business owners on well laid out plans and a comprehensive educational strategy.
OUTCOME
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Inter- entity coordination and efficiency for corporate and political leaders as well as local citizens.
Leverage multi-funtioning infrastructure to act as a framework for immediate and long term response.
Public education, civic involvement and governmental / corporate leadership before, during and after emergencies occur, not simply in response.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How can companies, agencies and communities plan for a disaster if consequences are random?
Infrastructure must be designed as flexible and multi-functioning. In geographies and for sites prone to crisis, all investments in public (and private) work can serve functions beyond their primary task to help prepare (educate), respond and recover from natural or human disasters. In this way dollars go farther, day to day quality of life improves and communities are ready for what is often inevitable disruption.