Structural engineers often limit their involvement in sustainability to material selection and recycling. Few structural engineers recognize the relationship between sustainability and disaster resilience. In response, the Sustainability Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute wrote a committee report to raise awareness of and provide guidance on the pertinent issues. This paper highlights the salient parts of the committee report. The introduction explains the relationship between sustainability and resilience and reviews the impacts of natural disasters. The following sections discuss general consideration for resilient design and summarize efforts to promote resilience and guidance for resilient design. Next are discussed current efforts to quantify the connection between disaster resilience and sustainability. The paper concludes with suggestions for structural engineers who are interested in supporting disaster resilience and sustainability.
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