Technologies to better bounce back from natural disasters

So far, decision-makers tasked with making their region better prepared for natural disasters have been focusing on improving infrastructures to increase their resistance. But in the face of lukewarm results, the IRUSAT project is proposing to focus on the speed of post-disaster recovery. They developed a virtual city model and a wristband device to enable better emergency response.

Natural disasters are on the rise. From earthquakes to flooding, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes or wildfires, these events have become the most tangible realisation of climate change, and the world has so far failed to approach this challenge in any other way than paying the damage bill. From 1991 to 2010, more than five times as much was spent on disaster response as on disaster risk reduction, according to UN figures.

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