Shifting Agendas - response to resilience

This companion to Jo da Silva’s ICE Brunel International Lecture discusses how engineers can create safe, sustainable and resilient communities.

‘Shifting agendas: from Response to Resilience’, written by Jo da Silva (Global International Development Leader), is the companion document to her ICE Brunel International lecture series.

It discusses the important and evolving role that engineers play in responding to disasters by shifting the focus from simply rebuilding to creating safe, sustainable and resilient communities.

Shifting Agendas - response to resilience