# When bad engineering makes a natural disaster even worse

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Senior Fellows at TEDGlobal 2010
- Speaker: Peter Haas
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_haas_when_bad_engineering_makes_a_natural_disaster_even_worse)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What did the world learn from the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010? That shoddy buildings and bad planning can make a terrible situation even worse. "Haiti was not a natural disaster," says TED Fellow Peter Haas. "It was a disaster of engineering." The solution: Help builders on the ground get trained in modern engineering practices, so they can rebuild their country stronger, brick by brick.

## Lectures

1. [When bad engineering makes a natural disaster even worse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/peter_haas_when_bad_engineering_makes_a_natural_disaster_even_worse/2909c5f9e311), 9 min (TED's player)