Posted: June 2nd, 2015
Session Guide: Session 6 Day 2
Measuring resilience – are the tools there?
Developing tools to measure resilience
org/community-resilience-tookit“>http://www.torrensresilience.org/community-resilience-tookit
http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jhsem.2010.7.1/jhsem.2010.7.1.1732/jhsem.2010.7.1.1732.xml
DEVELOPING THE ‘PEOPLES’ RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK FOR DEFINING ANDMEASURING DISASTER RESILIENCE AT THE COMMUNITY SCALE
POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS
ENVIRONMENTAL/ECOSYSTEM
ORGANIZED GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
LIFESTYLE AND COMMUNITY COMPETENCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL-CULTURAL CAPITAL
http://www.csee.buffalo.edu/~bruneau/9NCEE-10CCEE%20Renschler%20et%20al.PDF
ARTICLE WILL BE IN THIS LINK http://peoplesresilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2010_Renschler_PEOPLES_Resilience.pdf
net/files/37916_disasterresiliencemeasurementsundpt.pdf”>http://www.preventionweb.net/files/37916_disasterresiliencemeasurementsundpt.pdf
Indicators. Elizabeth Jordan1 and Amy Javernick-Will 2012
http://www.who.int/hia/green_economy/indicators_disasters1.pdf
India city profile: climate and disaster resilience
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=15263
Assessment Task 3: Major Assignment
The topic for this Major assignment has a focus on the measurement of disaster resilience in a community.
Details of task:
There is only ONE topic for this major assignment. However, the topic is in three parts.
Part 1:
Review the Characteristics of a Disaster Resilient Community, using the Australian National Strategy for Disaster Resilience and the key references in Session 6 on day 2 of the on-campus block. Select and justify what you feel are the 6 key characteristics of a Disaster Resilient Community.
This is the link https://www.em.gov.au/Documents/1National%20Strategy%20for%20Disaster%20Resilience%20-%20pdf.PDF
You will find characteristic under this headline : 2 WHAT DOES A DISASTER RESILIENT COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE?
Part 2:
Compare and contrast 3 of the models for measuring disaster resilience in a community which were outlined in Session 6 on day 2 of the on-campus block ie Torrens Institute Model, Cutter’s Model and the ‘PEOPLES’ Model. Identify:
Part 3:
Using the Model you chose in Part 2,
suggest how you would implement that model to measure disaster resilience in Your own community in your respective country ( SAUDI ARABIA – JEDDAH FLOODS).
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