Summary: The people-centered approach has become the key value of development. Health, as the core value of DRR, can be extended to all sectors for disaster risk reduction. As an international scientific programme co-sponsored by ISC and UNDRR, IRDR has implemented various research projects on analytical methodologies, data standards, computing capacity, multi-hazard early warning, resilient infrastructure, and community-based DRR. A few ICoEs of IRDR are especially focused on the public health impact of climate change and its adaptation via early warning, urban planning, and infrastructure construction. Health-centered infrastructure has become an emerging topic in the IRDR community. While cost-benefit analysis has dominated the planning, design, construction, and management of infrastructure in the past decades, the expected gain/loss of health years provides an alternative for monetary value. This endeavor calls for more extensive and in-depth collaboration and coordination among health sectors and other stakeholders.
Saini Yang (Sun,) studied this question.