Launching a National Conversation on Disaster Resilience in America - Workshop Summary

Disaster resilience: a national imperative, a report published by The National Academies Press in 2012, served as the basis for a one-day workshop on November 30, 2012 in Washington, D.C. This document is a summary of that workshop.

Summary

Addresses the importance of resilience, discussed different challenges and approaches for building resilience, and outlined steps for implementing resilience efforts in communities and within government. This title presents a summary of a one-day event in November 2012 to formally launch a national conversation on resilience.

Product details

• Authors: Committee on Increasing National Resilie, Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters, Engineering Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy Committee on Science, Committee on Science Engineering and Pub, Committee on Science Engineering and Public Policy, The National Academies
• Assisted by: Peggy Tsai (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.2013
• EAN: 9780309289719
• ISBN: 978-0-309-28971-9
• No. of pages: 71
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works