Measuring disaster resilience in communities and households: Pragmatic tools developed in Australia

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 201-215

  Arbon, Paul ^a   Steenkamp, Malinda ^a   Cornell, Victoria ^a   Cusack, Lynette ^b   Gebbie, Kristine ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Community; Disaster resilience; Household; Scorecard; Toolkit

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85010639063     PISSN: 17595908     EISSN: 17595916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJDRBE-03-2015-0008     Document Type: Article

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