1. Home
  2. Update

'Holistic engineering' in the wake of disaster

Source(s): Baltimore Sun, the; Tribune Publishing
Upload your content

When Judith Mitrani-Reiser visited Chile days after a massive earthquake hit the South American nation in 2010, what she saw left her shaken to her core, reports the Baltimore Sun.

Apartment towers had toppled. Bridge decks lay scattered. Communications were down in vast areas of the country, disrupting everything from rescue efforts to the transfer of patients to hospitals.

"It was painful to me, as an engineer, to see how badly we had failed society," said Mitrani-Reiser, a professor of civil engineering at the Johns Hopkins University and a leading expert in the field of disaster resilience.

Read the original story here

Explore further

Hazards Earthquake
Themes Urban risk and planning Water Structural safety Critical infrastructure
Country and region Chile

Please note: Content is displayed as last posted by a PreventionWeb community member or editor. The views expressed therein are not necessarily those of UNDRR, PreventionWeb, or its sponsors. See our terms of use

Is this page useful?

Yes No
Report an issue on this page

Thank you. If you have 2 minutes, we would benefit from additional feedback (link opens in a new window).