Urban Risk Lab

Book Launch Announcement!

The Urban Risk Lab is proud to present Design Before Disaster by Miho Mazereeuw. Japan’s long history of earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, and other natural hazards has fostered a distinctive culture of preparedness known as bōsai.

Drawing on over two decades of fieldwork and spatial research, this book offers a comprehensive framework for anticipating disasters and integrating resilience into urban design and architecture.

Design Before Disaster provides timely insights into disaster mitigation and adaptation, equipping communities around the world’s most vulnerable regions with strategies to reduce risk and strengthen resilience.

A vital contribution to the future of disaster preparedness.

Learn more and purchase the book through the link in bio.

Urban Risk Lab’s David Moses presenting a sampler of lab projects - RiskMap, FluxMap, PrepHub Nepal, FEMA Alternatives to Post-Disaster Housing - at the Boston x Netherlands event last night at the BSA Space

At this weekend's PREPHub design charrette at PSU, Portland residents contributed amazing energy and many ideas on disaster preparedness and public space design. Excited to be working with so many committed residents on this project! @ Portland, Oregon

Excited to be working with
on the next generation of PREPHub research.

Portland Considers a New Disaster Preparedness Model And it looks really weird!

Thanks !

Lily Bui on Twitter “Representing the at the ! Come grab one of these cards at the info sharing table! ”

Great to see our PREPHub project mentioned here with other important work:

Designing For The End by Caitlin Hu (Works That Work magazine) Disasters cannot be entirely prevented, but they can be anticipated and planned for.