Recovery from Disaster: resilience, adaptability and perceptions of climate change

摘要: Focused on four disaster-impacted communities: Beechworth and Bendigo (VIC) Ingham Innisfail (QLD) this report makes recommendations for emergency management local government policies. Disasters disrupt multiple levels of socio-cultural systems in which lives are embedded. The study used Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory to analyse individual and, by proxy, community resilience. provided a comprehensive framework evaluate the interacting factors that support resilience across different disaster sites communities. While has been extensively, authors believe is first time it model resilience. The project aimed to: 1) Identify private public sector groups' beliefs, behaviours policies have supported event; 2) Examine commonalities experience types possible impact their respective intensities, duration perceived frequency, as well how communities cope with unexpected; 3) Assess degree each affected areas; and 4) Construct findings help implement appropriate equitable mitigation strategies climate change events. A key hypothesis underpinning research was individuals remaining impacted were likely be resilient disaster.