Civil engineers and disaster risk management
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Tech Talk video: What engineers can learn from disaster risk management
Respond, recover, mitigate, prepare – the disaster risk management cycle
Civil engineers have vital roles to play pre-, during and post-disaster. In this Tech Talk, Josh Macabuag – urban search and rescue engineer for Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters (SARAID) and freelance disaster risk consultant to the World Bank – explores how the resilience of structures and communities can be improved within the framework of the disaster risk management cycle, drawing from case studies in Albania, Nepal and Japan.
Learning outcomes
After watching this video, you will:
- Have a better understanding of the meaning of structural resilience
- Understand how civil engineers can have an impact on structural resilience across project stages and the disaster management cycle
- Recognise some of the different hazards that structures need to withstand
- Learn about different ways of measuring structural resilience through available tools and guidance
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Linking our work back to the UN SDGs is a core part of the ICE’s plan and mission. This content ties in with the following SDGs:
- SDG 9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
- SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities
- SDG 13: Climate action
