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|a Directions in disaster resilience policy |h [electronic resource] |y English. |
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|a [S.l.] : |b Attorney Generals Department Australia, |c 2010-07. |
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|a The Australian Journal of Emergency Management (AusAID) |n Vol. 25 No. 3 |y English. |
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|a The Australian Journal of Emergency Management by AIDR is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.aidr.org.au/ |
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|a Prosser, B., Peters, C. (2010). Directions in disaster resilience policy. The Australian Journal of Emergency Management Volume 25, No.3. |
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|a The document “Directions in Disaster Resilience Policy” deals with establishing clarity around the concept of resilience. The numerous actors that develop DRR and Disaster management strategies come from diverse backgrounds that often have competing notions of what resiliency means or entails. Differences in how one conceptualizes resilience can lead to important variations in policy positions and objectives. A number of understandings of the concept are highlighted throughout the paper. In today’s usage, resiliency refers to the capacity to weather through and rebound from adversity. In the academic arena, there are a number of different applications of the term. In Physics and Engineering, it refers to the ability of materials to endure impact. In Chemistry, it points to the capacity of metals to return to their original forms. In the Health sector, it is immunity to sickness. In Psychology and Social Work, it deals with stress management. In Sociology, the focus is on groups’ abilities to adapt to changing environments. In Business, it is the capacity of organizations to recover from disruptive circumstances. It is also viewed as the ability of people to build social capital and become advocates for themselves and their communities. In disaster management, resilience can mean returning damaged infrastructure to its original form by rebuilding as things were. Or it can mean building back better, reducing the risk that existed prior to disaster. It can also mean building back with social sustainability in mind, factoring in how infrastructures fit into current and future needs of communities that will utilize them. Differing visions of resiliency can mean major differences in cost and policy outcomes. Discussing resiliency is important, not so we reduce these various understandings, but to have a robust understanding of the concept as it applies to a variety of contexts. Formulation of disaster resilience policy cannot be a linear and reductionist process, but must be interactive and holistic, taking into account a range of factors. It must be a bottom-up and top-down development. It must recognize that the growing complexity of disasters goes beyond those directly involved in disaster emergency management. It requires cross-jurisdictional and cross-departmental policy collaboration and coordination. This means understanding how the various understandings of resilience can complement one another. |
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|a Disaster Risk Management |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Florida International University, |d 2013. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Prosser, Brenton |g Senior Adviser to the Emergency Management Policy Branch. |u Hawke Research Institute. |
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|a Peters, Colin |g Director of the National Strategy and Liaison Section |u Emergency Management Policy Branch. |
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|a Disaster Risk Reduction Program, Florida International University (DRR/FIU), |e summary contributor. |
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|u http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13042461/00001 |y Click here for full text |
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