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Civil engineers find link between hospitals and schools key to community resilience

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Health care and education systems are two main pillars of a community’s stability. How well and how quickly a community recovers following a natural disaster depends on the resilience of these essential social services. New research has found hospitals and schools are interdependent, suggesting their collective recovery must be considered in order to restore a community in the wake of disaster.

Source: ScienceDaily.com