Disaster Creep: How Bad Decisions Can Turn Extreme Events Into Bigger Catastrophes

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 22:35:18 +0000

Disasters may seem sudden. But their seeds can be sown decades before the actual event. How? A series of seemingly inconsequential individual decisions can collectively have massive unexpected negative consequences after an extreme event at a later date. No one decision by itself “causes” the catastrophe, but collectively they lay the groundwork to magnify damages. […]

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Disaster Creep: How Bad Decisions Can Turn Extreme Events Into Bigger Catastrophes