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Title: Characteristics of a disaster resilient Victoria: consensus from those involved in emergency management activities
Author/Creator: Goode, N | Spencer, C | McArdle, D | Salmon, P M | Archer, F
Description: The aim of this study was to reach a consensus among stakeholders on the characteristics that they consider relevant for developing a disaster-resilient Victoria. Key stakeholders were defined as members of organisations involved in emergency management activities in Victoria (i.e. federal, state and local government, emergency services organisations, businesses, non-government organisations, community groups and researchers). A literature review was conducted to identify an initial set of characteristics. Using the Delphi technique, three surveys were conducted to identify any additional characteristics stakeholders considered relevant. This was used to achieve consensus on which of the characteristics from the literature and additional characteristics are relevant for the Victorian context. The findings indicate that stakeholders perceive that a systemic approach, which encompasses both formal structures and grass roots efforts, is required to develop a disaster resilient Victoria. This paper reports those findings to reach a consensus among key stakeholders on the characteristics they consider relevant for developing disaster resilience in Victoria. - See more at: https://ajem.infoservices.com.au/items/AJEM-30-03-11#sthash.bdN4CK1w.dpuf
Relation: Australian Journal of Emergency Management / Vol. 30, No. 3, pp.42-47
Relation: http://www.em.gov.au/Publications/Australianjournalofemergencymanagement/Pages/default.aspx
Year: 2015
Publisher: Emergency Management Australia
Subject: FoR 1103 (Clinical Sciences) | FoR 1605 (Policy and Administration) | FoR 2001 (Communication and Media Studies) | disaster-resilient Victoria

Collection(s): Research Publications
Resource Type: Journal Article
Identifier: ISSN: 1324-1540
Rights: Copyright © 2015 The Authors. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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