Recovering from disasters: Social networks matter more than bottled water and batteries
- Written by Daniel P. Aldrich, Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director, Security and Resilience Program, Northeastern University
Survivors leave Tohoku a day after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.Warren Antiola/Flickr, CC BY-NC-NDStandard advice about preparing for disasters focuses on building shelters and stockpiling things like food, water and batteries. But resilience - the ability to recover from shocks, including natural disasters - comes from our...
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