Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters: The Perspective from the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi: Summary of a Workshop

by National Research Council, Committee on Increasing National Resilie, and Public Policy Committee on Science, Engineering, et al.

Natural disasters are having an increasing effect on the lives of people in the United States and throughout the world. Every decade, property damage caused by natural disasters and hazards doubles or triples in the United States. More than half of the U.S. population lives within 50 miles of a coast, and all Americans are at risk from such hazards as fires, earthquakes, floods, and wind. The year 2010 saw 950 natural catastrophes around the world--the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309215277
• ISBN13: 9780309215275
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 138 Pages