loss. Though the vulnerability/resilience paradigm has largely replaced the hazards paradigm within the social sciences and …

(networks of strong and weak ties) that may work to improve a community’s resilience to risks and hazards. Two cases studies …

This paper advocates the use of Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory as a framework to analyse resilience at diverse … scales. Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory can be employed to (a) benchmark social resilience, (b) target the priority … interventions required and (c) measure progress arising from these interventions to enhance resilience to natural disasters. First …

study analysis of three of these projects, this paper looks for the benefits of resilience thinking in the context of … climate change adaptation. The analysis shows that the case study regions try to increase their resilience to climate change … only parts, certain sectors or subjects, of the region can increase their distinct resilience. Regional stakeholder …

multidisciplinary work on resilience, disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation (CCA) and adaptive governance and then … proposes a new and innovative framework for adaptive and integrated disaster resilience (AIDR). AIDR is defined as the ability … of nations and communities to build resilience in an integrated manner and strengthen mechanisms to build system …

unnoticed and that seem central to understanding these two parishes’ levels of vulnerability and resilience. It is our … vulnerability and resilience to specific and recurrent threats emerge. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 …

which residents perceived as supporting community resilience to disaster. There is a gap in this research area centred in … the form of an increased incidence of flooding, an urgent need exists to examine the factors that confer resilience to … complexity of community resilience and its interrelationship with individual resilience, a multi-method approach was used: a …

study analysis of three of these projects, this paper looks for the benefits of resilience thinking in the context of … climate change adaptation. The analysis shows that the case study regions try to increase their resilience to climate change … only parts, certain sectors or subjects, of the region can increase their distinct resilience. Regional stakeholder …

disaster preparedness, relief and recovery with resilience theories and applications. However, these fields remain mired in … capacities, while visitors present high vulnerability and dependence upon locals. Social resilience metrics highlight … resilience, coupled with ideas for solutions centered around local capacity building and improved knowledge and awareness …