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Response of a Resilient Community to Natural Disasters: The Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal, 2015
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In this article, the authors assess the role of institutional initiatives in building resilient communities and their response to natural disasters like the Gorkha earthquake in Nepal in 2015, based on data collected from primary and secondary sources along with field observations.Abstract:
The ability of a community to withstand and recover from adversities including natural and man-made disasters has emerged as a major policy issue in recent years. This research aims to assess the role of institutional initiatives in building resilient communities and their response to natural disasters like the Gorkha earthquake in Nepal in 2015. The work is based on data collected from primary and secondary sources along with field observations. It is evident that resilient communities are equipped with greater coping capacities in the face of natural disasters and have reduced vulnerability to future hazards. Institutional capacity building and resilient construction including the School Earthquake Safety Program ensured better disaster preparedness. The traditional open spaces and building designs added to the structural resilience. There is, however, a need to build back better and to communicate earthquake-resistant designs to the affected communities.read more
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Road to resilience
Cassi Camilleri,Carmel Cefai +1 more
Abstract: Introduction How do people deal with difficult events that change their lives? The death of a loved one, loss of a job, serious illness, terrorist attacks and other traumatic events: these are all examples of very challenging life experiences. Many people react to such circumstances with a flood of strong emotions and a sense of uncertainty. Yet people generally adapt well over time to life-changing situations and stressful conditions. What enables them to do so? It involves resilience, an ongoing process that requires time and effort and engages people in taking a number of steps. This brochure is intended to help readers with taking their own road to resilience. The information within describes resilience and some factors that affect how people deal with hardship. Much of the brochure focuses on developing and using a personal strategy for enhancing resilience.
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The potential of open space for enhancing urban seismic resilience : a literature review
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Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States
TL;DR: Disaster by Design as mentioned in this paper provides an alternative and sustainable way to view, study, and manage hazards in the United States that would result in disaster-resilient communities, higher environmental quality, inter- and intragenerational equity, economic sustainability, and improved quality of life.
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The Vulnerability of Cities: Natural Disasters and Social Resilience
TL;DR: The Vulnerability of Cities as mentioned in this paper examines the too often overlooked impact of disasters on cities, the conditions leading to high losses from urban disasters and why some households and communities withstand disaster more effectively than others.
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction – Success or Warning Sign for Paris?
TL;DR: A new international blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR) has been adopted in Sendai, Japan, at the end of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR, March 14-18, 2015).
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What is social resilience? Lessons learned and ways forward
Markus Keck,Patrick Sakdapolrak +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define social resilience as being comprised of three dimensions: 1. Coping capacities, the ability of social actors to cope with and overcome all kinds of adversities; 2. Adaptive capacities, their ability to learn from past experiences and adjust themselves to future challenges in their everyday lives; 3. Transformative capacities, social actors' ability to craft sets of institutions that foster individual welfare and sustainable societal robustness towards future crises.
Road to resilience
Cassi Camilleri,Carmel Cefai +1 more
Abstract: Introduction How do people deal with difficult events that change their lives? The death of a loved one, loss of a job, serious illness, terrorist attacks and other traumatic events: these are all examples of very challenging life experiences. Many people react to such circumstances with a flood of strong emotions and a sense of uncertainty. Yet people generally adapt well over time to life-changing situations and stressful conditions. What enables them to do so? It involves resilience, an ongoing process that requires time and effort and engages people in taking a number of steps. This brochure is intended to help readers with taking their own road to resilience. The information within describes resilience and some factors that affect how people deal with hardship. Much of the brochure focuses on developing and using a personal strategy for enhancing resilience.