Disaster Resilience
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Definitions
International Definitions
Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC)
Disaster resilience is the ability of individuals, communities, organisations and states to adapt to and recover from hazards, shocks or stresses without compromising long-term prospects for development. [1]
DFID
Disaster resilience is the ability of countries, communities and households to manage change, by maintaining or transforming living standards in the face of shocks or stresses - such as earthquakes, drought or violent conflict - without compromising their long-term prospects. [2]
UNISDR
Disaster resilience is the capacity of a system, community or society potentially exposed to hazards to adapt, by resisting or changing in order to reach and maintain an acceptable level of functioning and structure. [3]
See also
- Resilience
- Disaster
- Community Resilience
- Cyber Resilience
- Economic Resilience
- Ecological Resilience
- Information System Resilience
- Organisational Resilience
- Societal Resilience
- Technological Resilience
Notes
References
- ↑ GSDRC what is Distater Resilience?
- ↑ DFID, Defining Disaster Resilience: A DFID Approach Paper 2011
- ↑ UNISDR (2005b). Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. World Conference on Disaster Reduction. 18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. A/CONF.206/6. UNISDR.
