As the ongoing crises of racial injustice and the coronavirus pandemic confront many U.S. cities, there is a third risk that is also on the mind of many at the moment—the potential for climate and environmental disasters to hit communities already experiencing other emergencies. The Salt Lake City area experienced a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in March just days after national and state public emergencies were declared in response to the coronavirus pandemic; Los Angeles also experienced a similar-sized earthquake in June.

To help municipalities in the Salt Lake City region create a more resilient and equitable disaster response to this and future earthquakes, ULI Utah—with the support of the Institute’s Urban Resilience Program—brought in local and national experts for a webinar on how Utah and other seismically vulnerable places can start preparing today for the “Big One” that could arrive any day.

A recording of this presentation is available on demand to members on ULI Knowledge Finder.

“The earthquake that occurred in Utah’s capital city in March of this year gave us the opportunity to pause, think, and reflect on the importance of making our cities safer and more resilient. This earthquake wasn’t the ‘big one’ that has been predicted, but its impact focused our attention on the need for continual improvements in the way we plan, construct, and maintain our cities in the intermountain area,” says Ibi Guevara, chair of ULI Utah and vice president of business development and marketing at Hunt Electric.

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