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Translating resilience theories into disaster management policies
Title | Translating resilience theories into disaster management policies |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | Wenger, C |
Document Number | 251 |
Date Published | 05/2017 |
Institution | Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC |
City | Melbourne |
Report Number | 251 |
Abstract | In the context of flooding, research aimed to identify how disaster resilience was interpreted in four countries (China, USA, Netherlands, Australia) and by international organisations. To do this, it assessed the types of activities supported by disaster resilience policies. A particular concern was the use of resistance versus accommodation strategies, the former characterised by structural engineering approaches such as levees to exclude floodwaters, while the latter uses a number of approaches to enable people to live with flooding, such as ecosystem-based approaches and preparedness. Debates about the merits of these two approaches are reminiscent of the ancient Greek fable, ‘The oak and the reed’ by Aesop (hence the paper’s title). |