From fatalism to resilience: reducing disaster impacts with systematic investments

Hill, Harvey, Wiener, John and Warner, Koko, (2010). From fatalism to resilience: reducing disaster impacts with systematic investments. Disasters, 36(2), 175-194

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    Author Hill, Harvey
    Wiener, John
    Warner, Koko
    Title From fatalism to resilience: reducing disaster impacts with systematic investments
    Appearing in Disasters
    Volume 36
    Issue No. 2
    Publication Date 2010
    Place of Publication Oxford
    Publisher Wiley
    Start page 175
    End page 194
    Language eng
    Abstract

    This paper describes a method for reducing the economic risks associated with predictable natural hazards by enhancing the resilience of national infrastructure systems. The three-step generalised framework is described along with examples. Step one establishes economic baseline growth without the disaster impact. Step two characterises economic growth constrained by a disaster. Step three assesses the economy's resilience to the disaster event when it is buffered by alternative resiliency investments. The successful outcome of step three is a disaster-resistant core of infrastructure systems and social capacity more able to maintain the national economy and development post disaster. In addition, the paper considers ways to achieve this goal in data-limited environments. The method provides a methodology to address this challenge via the integration of physical and social data of different spatial scales into macroeconomic models. This supports the disaster risk reduction objectives of governments, donor agencies, and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

    Copyright Holder Wiley
    Copyright Year 2010
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