The topic for this Major assignment has a focus on the measurement of disaster resilience in a community.

Details of task:
The topic is in three parts.

Part 1:
Review the Characteristics of a Disaster Resilient Community, using the Australian National Strategy for Disaster Resilience and the key references in Sector B. Select and justify what you feel are the 6 key characteristics of a Disaster Resilient Community.

Part 2:
Compare and contrast 3 of the models for measuring disaster resilience in a community which were outlined in Sector C ie Torrens Institute Model, cutter’s Model and the ‘PEOPLES’ Model. Identify:

a. The strengths and weaknesses of each of the 3 models chosen;
b. Which model best reflects the 6 key characteristics of a Disaster Resilient Community that you identified in Part 1 and then use this chosen model in Part 3.

Part 3:
Using the Model you chose in Part 2, suggest how you would implement that model to measure disaster resilience in EITHER:

a) The communities affected by the Victorian Floods of 2010/11 (Comrie report)

http://www.floodsreview.vic.gov.au/images/stories/documents/review_20101011_flood_warnings_and_response.pdf

b) Your own community in your respective country. (Saudi Arabia).

SECTOR B

Characteristics of a disaster resilience community (A work in progress)
 Twigg, 2009
http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1346086/1/1346086.pdf

 Thornley et al Building community resilience: learning from the Canterbury earthquakes (NZ) (2014)
http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2xk6Q4ZE9G8MRpS9TD4P/full

 RAND model – Building blocks for a resilience city
Building Community Resilience to Disasters (2011) http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2011/RAND_TR915.pdf

 Rockefeller model – ‘100 Resilient Cities Project’
http://www.100resilientcities.org/resilience

o   Constant Learning
o   Rapid Rebound
o   Limited or “Safe” Failure
o   Flexibility
o   Spare Capacity

Framework report (2013)
http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/uploads/files/0bb537c0-d872-467f-9470-b20f57c32488.pdf

Sector C

Measuring resilience – are the tools there?
   Torrence Institute (SA)
Developing tools to measure resilience
o   How connected
o   Level of risk and vulnerability
o   Support for preparedness, response, recovery
o   EM resources available
http://www.torrensresilience.org/community-resilience-tookit
   Cutter S at al, Disaster Resilience Indicators for Benchmarking Baseline Conditions
http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jhsem.2010.7.1/jhsem.2010.7.1.1732/jhsem.2010.7.1.1732.xml
   “PEOPLES” Model (Buffalo, USA)
DEVELOPING THE ‘PEOPLES’ RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK FOR DEFINING ANDMEASURING DISASTER RESILIENCE AT THE COMMUNITY SCALE
POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS
ENVIRONMENTAL/ECOSYSTEM
ORGANIZED GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
LIFESTYLE AND COMMUNITY COMPETENCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL-CULTURAL CAPITAL
http://www.csee.buffalo.edu/~bruneau/9NCEE-10CCEE%20Renschler%20et%20al.PDF
   DISASTER RESILIENCE MEASUREMENTS: STOCKTAKING OF ONGOING EFFORTS IN DEVELOPING SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING RESILIENCE. UNDP February 2014
http://www.preventionweb.net/files/37916_disasterresiliencemeasurementsundpt.pdf
   Measuring Community Resilience and Recovery: A Content Analysis of
Indicators. Elizabeth Jordan1 and Amy Javernick-Will 2012
https://mcedc.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/Measuring%20Community%20Resilience%20and%20Recovery_%20A%20Content%20Analysis%20of%20Indicators.pdf
   Health Indicators of disaster risk management in the Context of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development Initial findings from a WHO Expert Consultation: 17-18 May 2012
http://www.who.int/hia/green_economy/indicators_disasters1.pdf
   India
India city profile: climate and disaster resilience
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=15263

This slides in this link for Task 2 part 1 in slide number 27 there are
12 key characteristics choose 6 of them as mention in the question which are as follow :

1.   Basic human needs
People
2.   Livelihoods & employment
3.   Health and emergency services
4.   Mobility & communications
Place
5.   Critical services
6.   Protective infrastructure
7.   Finance & founds
Organization

8.   Social stability & security
9.   Identity & mutual support
10.   Leadership & management
Knowledge
11.   Stakeholder empowerment
12.   Development planning

How to Build a Resilient City: The City Resilience Framework from The Rockefeller Foundation

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