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Justice, Resilience and Participatory Processes
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Justice, Resilience and Participatory Processes

Claudia Baldwin
Natural Hazards and Disaster Justice: Challenges for Australia and Its Neighbours, pp.279-298
Palgrave Macmillan
2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0466-2_15
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vulnerability community resilience Brisbane floods participation procedural justice distributional justice
Current policies promote shared responsibility by governments and the population to minimise the impact of disasters and recover post-disaster including preparation and adaptation to potential hazards such as those precipitated by climate change. Through a process that is not well enunciated, communities are expected to become 'resilient'. This chapter explores the meanings and mechanisms of achieving community resilience, with a focus on participatory processes that promote knowledge exchange, transparency and inclusiveness, core ingredients of procedural and distributional justice. It explores what is meant by 'vulnerable' communities, extending current thinking beyond 'the usual', illustrated with a case study of the 2011 flooding disaster of Rocklea industrial area in Brisbane Australia. It concludes with suggestions for participatory research about practical application of the concepts to achieve resilient communities.

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