By Judith Rodin
New York. Athens. Wenzhou. Boston. Oslo. Dhaka. New Orleans. Nairobi.
In fresh years, dozens of towns around the globe were hit by way of large-scale catastrophes of each variety: average catastrophe, geopolitical clash, nutrients shortages, illness and contagion, terrorist assaults. in the event you have not been without delay touched through this kind of cataclysms your self, in our interconnected international you're guaranteed to were affected ultimately. They damage weak members, destabilise groups and threaten firms or even entire societies.
We are at larger threat than ever from city-wide disaster, and because the severity and frequency of those failures elevate, we needs to turn into greater at getting ready for, responding to and getting better from them. Be it Haiti's dependence on humanitarian relief, the rebuilding attempt after the good fireplace of new york or reasons why extra ladies than boys drowned in Japan's 2011 tsunami, The Resilience Dividend combines brilliant tales with sensible insights (such as the way to disaster-proof a development) and ground-breaking study to aid construct a thorough destiny within which participants, businesses and whole societies face catastrophe by means of growing extra dynamic, extra resilient cities.
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