Disaster Management
Design and planning approaches for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
Disaster management encompasses the design of systems, spaces, and strategies that help communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural and human-made emergencies. Designers working in this field address critical infrastructure, shelter solutions, and organizational frameworks that save lives and reduce vulnerability.The community explores shelter design and scaling, mitigation strategies for specific hazards like flooding and earthquakes, resilience frameworks, and the coordination systems needed between disaster events and relief operations. Projects range from individual emergency shelter prototypes to large-scale regional agency complexes and community-focused flood prevention.
