How Is Disaster Aid Being Retooled to Meet Catastrophes That Strike Cities?

Author(s)
Larry Greenemeier
Publication language
English
Date published
06 Apr 2012
Publisher
Scientific American
Type
Articles
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, Disaster risk reduction, Environment & climate, Development & humanitarian aid, Disasters, Leadership and Decisionmaking, Urban, Contingency Planning, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction
Link
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=disaster-aid-cities-transformed…

Past response strategies have focused on helping those in remote, rural areas. But when an earthquake, flood or other calamity hits an urban center, aid must take a different form