Structural Safety

Any physical construction to reduce or avoid possible impacts of hazards, or application of engineering techniques to achieve hazard-resistance and resilience in structures or systems.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure: Expert

17 May 2013, Huffington Post

Success of disaster risk reduction 'depends heavily on how well disaster risk is understood. City planners, for instance, play important roles through risk-based territorial planning, enforcement of building standards, early warning systems, and emergency response plans,' writes Francis Ghesquiere, head of the GFDRR Secretariat on the pages of his Huffingtonpost blog...