2015 Volume 3 Issue 2 Pages 7-10
Mitigation of natural disasters is one of the most important missions of engineers. While heavy rains and earthquakes are striking to our community, geotechnical engineers can make good contributions to mitigate those disasters. The present paper addresses several difficulties encountered in operation of disaster-mitigative infrastructures. It is important as well to maintain those measures. On the other hand, deeper knowledge on the causative mechanism of disaster is indispensable in order to improve the level of disaster mitigation. Finally engineers should try to foresee the future situations and be prepared for them. The required time is often very long. These issues are discussed in this paper by referring to examples and experiences.