A Dire Need for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

The G20 summit and India's success in Disaster Risk Reduction are an opportunity to accelerate International Cooperation and build resilience to risks.

What is a Disaster Resilient Infrastructure?

So, 'Disaster Resilient Infrastructure is physical and IT Infrastructure designed to protect community buildings, roads, and technology in the case of a natural disaster.'

Essentially, your infrastructure needs to be well-designed to withstand any storm or flood that can wipe out valuable community infrastructure.

Why the need for a Disaster Resilient Infrastructure?

1. Reduce Disaster-Related Losses

2. Reduce Investment Risk

3. Fulfill International Commitment

4. Improve Community's Resilience

5. Prevent significant losses in the aftermath of a disaster

6. Disaster resilience presents the most desirable option- avoiding outages rather than having to fix them in the event of an incident.

7. To maintain diversity and redundancy.

Initiatives:-

• Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)

• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

• Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator Fund

• Inclusion of CDRI in G20 Working Groups.

Constraints:-

1. Unplanned Development - Less emphasis on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (DRI)

2. Lack of Long-term planning and Institutional Mechanism

3. Absence of Universally accepted standards

4. Global Cooperation- Not Vibrant.

Way Ahead:-

• Disaster Risk Assessment

• Standards of Design and Implementation

• Financing New Infrastructure

• Reconstruction and Recovery after Disasters.

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