After 20 years of operation, the organization remains tiny, especially when compared to organizations like the Red Cross, which primarily do disaster relief work. People are willing to donate hundreds of millions of dollars to help people after a disaster – even after a disaster in a wealthy country like Japan – but are unwilling to invest anything like the same amount to save lives before a predictable disaster strikes.
但地质灾害国际却无力修建足够数量的高地公园满足避难需求。在运营20年后，这家机构相比主要从事救灾工作的红十字会等机构规模依然很小。即使灾难发生在日本这样的富裕国家，人们也愿意在灾后捐款数百万帮助受灾群众，但他们却不愿在可以预见的灾难来袭之前为避免伤亡投资同样的金额。