Journal article
Defining disaster resilience: comparisons from key stakeholders involved in emergency management in Victoria, Australia
Disasters, Vol.41(1), pp.171-193
2017
Abstract
Three years after the introduction of the National Strategy for Disaster Resilience there remains no unanimously adopted definition of disaster resilience within Australia's emergency management sector. The aim of this study is to determine what the concept means to key stakeholders in the emergency management sector in the Australian State of Victoria, and how these conceptualisations overlap and diverge. Via an online survey, 113 people were asked how they define disaster resilience in their work in the emergency management sector. A data mining software tool, Leximancer, was employed to uncover the relationships between the definitions provided. The findings show that stakeholders see resilience as an 'ability' that encompasses emergency management activities and personal responsibility. However, the findings also highlight some possible points of conflict between stakeholders. In addition, the paper outlines and discusses a number of potential consequences for the implementation and the success of the resilience-based approach in Australia.
Details
- Title
- Defining disaster resilience: comparisons from key stakeholders involved in emergency management in Victoria, Australia
- Authors
- Natassia Goode (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawPaul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawCaroline Spencer (Author) - Monash UniversityDudley McArdle (Author) - Monash UniversityFrank Archer (Author) - Monash University
- Publication details
- Disasters, Vol.41(1), pp.171-193
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.1111/disa.12189
- ISSN
- 0361-3666; 0361-3666
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2017 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is the accepted version of the following article: Goode, N; Salmon, P M; Spencer, Caroline; McArdle, Dudley; Archer, Frank (2017). Defining disaster resilience: comparisons from key stakeholders involved in emergency management in Victoria, Australia. Disasters, 41:1 171-193 , which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/disa.12189
- Organisation Unit
- Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449918302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
- Research Statement
- false
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