The phrase "as a practical response" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a reaction or action taken that is based on practicality or real-world considerations.
Example: "The committee decided to implement new safety measures as a practical response to the recent incidents."
Alternatives: "as a pragmatic solution" or "as a realistic approach".
We have presented this as a practical response to the need to adopt a local responsibility for our unit's process.
Officials like those here in Sidney do not see the weaponry scattered through their schools as a political statement, but as a practical response to a potent threat.
As a practical response, an environmentally acceptable "Perched Beach" was designed in 2011 and is now under construction.
This is evidenced in political debates over subjects like homosexuality, which is scorned throughout the continent, or condom distribution, which — despite the current pope's opposition — some local Catholic bishops have countenanced as a practical response to AIDS.
The Thatcher administration of the 1980s saw volunteering very much through a lens of individual freedom, and as a practical response to mass unemployment and inner-city unrest, while the mood music of the 1990s under both Tory and Labour regimes was heavy on active citizenship.
One mother from Nigeria said she sought extra support for her child as a practical response to racial discrimination: "Any child from a minority has to be many times better than their white counterparts to be able to get into the top schools and universities". Another parent told of a daughter with cancer who missed a year of formal education, but got through with the help of a tutor.
Community engagement in health systems has been seen as both a practical response to the challenging conditions of health provision in low-income settings [e.g. (1, 2)] and a key principle for strengthening health systems more generally (3).
If we recognize our dependence on foreign oil as a critical factor in this crisis, a practical response becomes clear.
