Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (DRI) Lexicon
The Lexicon has been developed through a co-creation approach. Over a period of 10 months, a panel of subject matter experts identified from the government, the private and non-profit sectors and academia representing different geographies and varied disciplines including engineering and architecture, spatial planning, finance, social sciences and knowledge management engaged with the CDRI Secretariat to develop the definitions of priority terms relevant for DRI.
Shared Understanding of Terms that Matter for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) has developed a Lexicon on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (DRI) to foster a shared conceptual understanding of infrastructure-related terms and phrases. It provides a set of globally applicable references to concepts and phrases that can provide a better understanding of the domain, act as a guide to research and understanding, and aid in infrastructure-related decision making of governments, academia and financial institutions, among others.
The Lexicon has benefitted from the strategic guidance and inputs by theproject’s Advisory Committee (consisting of representatives from member organizations of the Coalition) and feedback received during the Global Consultation (from professionals and practitioners across the world).
Find the link here: https://lexicon.cdri.world/
Quote: The article was presented on the BBC news sections
“You get a sinking feeling in your gut, knowing lives will be changed.”
That is how Heather Holbach, of the Hurricane Research Division in the US, describes the experience of flying directly into a category five hurricane before it reaches land.
“You’re experiencing the strength and ferocity of Mother Nature and know it’s heading towards people.”
Reconnaissance missions like this are just one way that scientists and forecasters try to shed light on these monstrous storms, as they grow in size and move ever closer to causing destruction.
So let us take you on a similar journey – all the way from where a hurricane is born to where it dies.
We start thousands of miles away from the Americas – over the African continent.
Find the link here: https://www.bbc.com/news/extra/cfpor50x14/Hurricanes