Natural disasters and community resilience: a framework for support

Price-Robertson, Rhys

Natural disasters and community resilience: a framework for support Rhys Price-Robertson and Ken Knight - Melbourne, Vic. Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2012 - electronic document (13 p.); PDF file: 439.29 KB - CFCA paper .

CFCA paper, no.3, 2012

This paper explores the concept of community resilience and outlines recent frameworks and tools developed to understand and measure it.

This paper was written to assist service providers, practitioners and policy makers working with regional and rural communities vulnerable to natural disasters. Sections include

■community vulnerability;
- understanding and measuring community resilience;
- physical, procedural and social enablers of community resilience; and
- the use of social media in emergency management. (from the website)



NATURAL DISASTERS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
FAMILIES
CHILDREN


AUSTRALIA