An evaluation of the Community Disaster Resilience Scorecard Toolkit by small, high-risk communities on the Sunshine Coast

Lila Singh-Peterson; Paul M Salmon; Natassia Goode; John Gallina

doi:10.1007/s11069-016-2435-5

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An evaluation of the Community Disaster Resilience Scorecard Toolkit by small, high-risk communities on the Sunshine Coast

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An evaluation of the Community Disaster Resilience Scorecard Toolkit by small, high-risk communities on the Sunshine Coast

Lila Singh-Peterson, Paul M Salmon, Natassia Goode and John Gallina

Natural Hazards, Vol.84(1), pp.489-505

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2435-5

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community resilience

disaster resilience

participatory methods

shared responsibility

There is demand for an assessment tool that can assist a community to prepare, respond and recover from emergencies and disasters. A participatory approach, in which communities undertake their own assessment, has been promoted as an ideal method of identifying strengths and vulnerabilities within the local community and has been associated with substantial co-benefits that directly enhance resilience. In this study, five small rural communities exposed to frequent flooding events evaluate the usefulness and efficacy of the Community Disaster Resilience Scorecard Toolkit Scorecard. Our participants reveal that the Scorecard covers relevant topics and has directly supported disaster resilience planning. Despite significant difficulties in attracting people to participate in the assessment, all of the participants considered that the process of assessment was immensely valuable. Overall the communities identified that the Scorecard does require adaption to provide a more accurate depiction of their community's resilience and have suggested ways to achieve this. However underpinning the assessment and the evaluation tasks were deep concerns about the 'shared responsibility' position of government and the reliance upon fatigued volunteers to provide local knowledge and skills.

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Title: An evaluation of the Community Disaster Resilience Scorecard Toolkit by small, high-risk communities on the Sunshine Coast
Authors: Lila Singh-Peterson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Paul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Natassia Goode (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
John Gallina (Author) - Sunshine Coast Regional Council
Publication details: Natural Hazards, Vol.84(1), pp.489-505
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2435-5
ISSN: 0921-030X
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451296302621
Output Type: Journal article

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