From fatalism to resilience: reducing disaster impacts with systematic investments
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Sub-type Journal article Author Hill, Harvey
Wiener, John
Warner, KokoTitle 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.
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