对于每个与建筑，经济可持续性和灾难恢复能力有关的人，2011年的前五个月都是重要的。新西兰基督城的地震使我们想起了有效的地震改造计划的必要性。日本的三重灾难和破碎的供应链再次记录在我们的情况下，准备仅准备一个灾难的情况与现实世界中的事件不符。记录的龙卷风爆发证明了更好的警告系统和龙卷风庇护所的价值。杀害乌萨马·本·拉登（Osama bin Laden）的美国突袭使我们中的许多人反思了过去十年来我们采取或未采取的行动，以保护人们和建筑物免受恐怖分子的侵害。
以上每个都给我们带来了可教的时刻。他们还提出了有关保护生活，经济活动以及对我们经济复苏的影响的疑问，如果我们遭受多次命中，相当于日本灾难，卡特里娜飓风以及4月和Maytornados的大小。
到目前为止,灾难准备的d recovery take place on a piecemeal basis, with interest groups competing against one another for ever more precious public and private-sector funding. Maybe we ought to step back from the legislation and budget drafting sessions, the grant and program planning and implementation meetings. Then we’ll see that these are not individual issues that can be effectively addressed one by one.
I believe that we must avoid stovepipe or picket fence bureaucracies and programs and instead look at each as part of a whole—as part of the fabric of the human condition, not as sudden unexpected events. Sustainability means resiliency and resiliency means sustainability—life and growth.
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In early March in Washington, D.C., ENR, McGraw-Hill Construction and the National Building Museum’s Industry Council for the Built Environment brought together experts to consider effective actions for “Mitigating Disasters Through Design and Construction.” Presenters and moderators from the above communities repeatedly expressed concern over the lack of a holistic approach toward sustainability and disaster resiliency.
They also worried that during the present budget crisis, more well organized and powerful interest groups will eviscerate even a coordinated public outreach campaign on sustainability and disaster resiliency actions.
What emerged from the conference is summarized in a white paper submitted to Congress, but here are my personal ideas and concerns.
Examining Codes
首先，尽管太多的社区继续相信“这不会在这里发生”，但越来越多的人正在更多地关注他们所采用的建筑法规中的灾难弹性规定。其次，最初努力进行区域性灾难演习，其中包括多次同时进行灾难活动。第三，一小部分但越来越多的公司将其视为“良好的商业实践”，以支出资金来确保其建筑物（和员工）对多种灾难方案更具弹性。
A panel I moderated recommended that the U.S. produce a cohesive multi-disciplinary approach to the content and updates to building codes and land use regulations to strengthen both disaster resiliency and economic sustainability. The current piecemeal system is confusing, costly and burdensome.
我们还建议，公共和私营部门必须共同努力，以识别并采取行动来简化监管系统，以减少和/或加强法规，规则，法规，程序和程序，以加快灾难的准备和恢复。
大自然母亲和意识恐怖分子的更多。如果我们从过去五个月中学到其他任何东西，那就是只有周到，协调，优先的国家行动才能有效地减轻对我们的人民和经济造成的死亡和损害。
“它不可能发生在这里”和“我们负担不起解决真正的危险”从来没有发生过，也永远不会是有效的回应。请加入我们的努力，以全面地解决我们最近从灾难中学到的教训。
