Formal “head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, said big changes could be made to limit the physical impacts of natural and manmade disasters like floods, earthquakes and industrial accidents.” Simply being able to communicate with officials, businesses, and individuals can help keep disaster risk under control. An example of a natural disaster that could have had less casualties is Hurricane Katrina. Not everyone was communicating with one another, and officials lied to individuals about help being on its way, when it reality many people had to wait days to be able to get out of New Orleans. By working together, “it is possible to reduce the number of people who are affected by natural disasters and able to improve infrastructure, like health and education by 2030.”
This reminds me a lot of a video we saw in class, if the develop part of the world got more involved into international relations it could make a significant impact on other people, but people are not taking action fast enough.
http://news.trust.org//item/20160111084352-5b1q7
Jessica Padilla
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