Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29757
Title: The Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index: Annual project report 2017-18
Contributor(s): Parsons, Melissa  (author)orcid ; Reeve, Ian  (author); McGregor, James  (author); Glavac, Sonya  (author); Stayner, Richard  (author); McNeill, Judith  (author); Hastings, Peter (author); Marshall, Graham  (author); Morley, Phil  (author)
Publication Date: 2018-07
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29757
Abstract: Natural hazard management policy directions in Australia – and indeed internationally – are increasingly being aligned to ideas of resilience. However, the definition and conceptualization of resilience in relation to natural hazards is keenly contested within academic literature (Klein et al., 2003; Wisner et al., 2004; Boin et al., 2010; Tierney, 2014). Broadly speaking, resilience to natural hazards is the ability of individuals and communities to cope with disturbances or changes and to maintain adaptive behaviour (Maguire and Cartwright, 2008). Building resilience to natural hazards requires the capacity to cope with the event and its aftermath, as well as the capacity to learn about hazard risks, change behaviour, transform institutions and adapt to a changing environment (Maguire and Cartwright, 2008).
The Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index is a tool for assessing the resilience of communities to natural hazards at a large scale. Using a top down approach, the assessment will provide input to macro-level policy, strategic planning, community planning and community engagement activities at National, State and local government levels. First, it is a snapshot of the current state of natural hazard resilience at a national scale. Second, it is a layer of information for use in strategic policy development and planning. Third, it provides a benchmark against which to assess future change in resilience to natural hazards. Understanding resilience strengths and weaknesses will help communities, governments and organizations to build the capacities needed for living with natural hazards.
Design of the Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index
The Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index will assess resilience based on two sets of capacities – coping capacity and adaptive capacity. We have used a hierarchical structure for the Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index. Indicators provide the data for a theme – together the indicators measure the status of the theme. We collected approximately 90 indicators across the eight coping and adaptive capacity themes. Indicators were collected at Statistical Area 2 (SA2) resolution where possible.
Results of the Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index
The results and initial trends in the eight themes of the Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index are presented below. It should be noted that these interpretations and maps are subject to further change as the State of Disaster Resilience Report is developed. What is presented here is an overview of the pattern of index values. In all maps, lower index values in brown represent lower disaster resilience and higher index values in green represent higher disaster resilience. Each of the sections is an SA2 division of the ABS.
Publication Type: Report
Publisher: Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
Place of Publication: Melbourne, Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 040699 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 370903 Natural hazards
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 961005 Natural Hazards in Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 190499 Natural hazards not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: R1 Report
Publisher/associated links: https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/publications/overview
Extent of Pages: 60
Appears in Collections:Institute for Rural Futures
Report
School of Environmental and Rural Science
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
School of Psychology

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