Disaster resilience: what it is and how it can engender a meaningful change in development policy. (January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Keating, Adriana; Campbell, Karen; Mechler, Reinhard; Magnuszewski, Piotr; Mochizuki, Junko; Liu, Wei; Szoenyi, Michael; McQuistan, Colin
• Is Part Of: Development policy review. Volume 35:Number 1(2017:Jan.)
• Page Start: 65
• Page End: 91
• Publication Date: 2017-01
• Subjects: disasters -- resilience -- development -- policy -- systems; Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; 338.91
• DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12201
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0950-6764

Abstract

Abstract : Disasters pose a growing threat to sustainable development. Disaster risk management efforts have largely failed to arrest the underlying drivers of increased global risk: uncontrolled urbanization and proliferation of assets in hazardous areas. Resilience provides an opportunity to confront the social‐ecological foundations of risk and development; yet it has been vaguely conceptualized, without offering a concrete approach to operationalization. We propose a conceptualization of disaster resilience centred on well‐being: ' The ability of a system, community or society to pursue its social, ecological and economic development objectives, while managing its disaster risk over time in a mutually reinforcing way.' We present a conceptual framework for understanding the interconnections between disasters and development, and outline how it is being operationalized in practice.