[LINK] Social infrastructure stronger than concrete

[Tom Worthington]

Greetings from the ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, where Daniel 
Aldrich is speaking on "Modest but critical: how we overlook social 
infrastructure at our peril". He argues that facilities like parks, 
churches, and libraries make communities more resilient when there is a 
disaster, to such extent that they reduce deaths due to a disaster more 
than hard infrastructure, such as sea walls. 
https://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/event/modest-critical-how-we-overlook-social-infrastructure-our-peril

My take on it: 
https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2023/05/libraries-protect-from-bushfires-and.html


-- 
Tom Worthington  http://www.tomw.net.au