Charlie Edwards
Senior Researcher
Charlie Edwards writes, lectures and consults on national security, resilience, defence and intelligence. He works with international institutions, government departments, companies, and NGOs. He is a regular commentator in the national and international media.
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- Floodsim One of the 92 recommendations from the review into the 2007 floods was that the Government and the insurance industry should work together to deliver a public education programme setting out the benefits of insurance in the context of flooding. One insurance company has spent a fortune developing Floodsim, a simulation designed to put the public in control of flood policy decisions and spending in the UK. It's quite good fun. Sure, it's good PR for the insurance company but it's an excellent approach to public education - which is a key plank in building resilience. I'm talking to some experts on resilience tomorrow so will let you know what they think but in the meantime see how you do. from : charlieedwards 6th August 2008
- What do you tell the public? One major difference between the US approach to resilient communities and what the UK Government is doing here centres on personal responsibility. While both FEMA and CCS make explicit the importance of individuals and communities being prepared for emergencies, so that first responders can treat those most in need in the event of an emergency, the similarity stops there. The Government suggests that the National Risk Register is a resource that 'is intended to encourage public debate on... from : charlieedwards 20th August 2008
- Defining community resilience Where local civic leaders, citizens, and families are educated regarding threats and are empowered to mitigate their own risk, where they are practiced in responding to events, where they have social networks to fall back upon, and where they have familiarity with local public health and medical systems, there will be community resilience that will significantly attenuate the requirement for additional assistance. Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21 (HSPD-21):National... from : charlieedwards 27th August 2008
- They Will Come The Californian Governor's Office of Emergency Services has a paper on post disaster volunteers and local governments. It's called They Will Come. Worth reading. from : charlieedwards 27th August 2008
- A Map of Community Resilience Thanks to Martin I have a very useful map which illustrates community resilience. Nice from : charlieedwards 29th August 2008
- Concepts and practices of resilience. A compilation Interesting paper on concepts and practices of resilience from USAID. read the paper here. Skip the first part and go to Building resilience - nice fusion of work from developed and developing countries. from : charlieedwards 9th September 2008
- Preservation (via the Library of Congress) Very useful resource for finding stuff on resilience preparedness. Follow this link from : charlieedwards 10th September 2008
- Another good resource http://disasterrecoveryresources.net from : charlieedwards 14th September 2008
- The Regional Resilience equation Great slide on regional resilience from a presentation by Eric Holdeman. Answers on a postcard to hello@demos.co.uk! from : charlieedwards 15th September 2008
- Social Media Social media will be one of the big themes of Resilient Nation. As Clay Shirky has pointed out before - technology has become socially interesting. Citizens and communities may still rely on government agencies to help them in a time of crisis, but there is now lots of evidence that they are doing their own things as well - thanks to Web 2.0 stuff. The point is not that this is making agencies irrelevant - rather it is helping communities become increasingly more resilient - through... from : charlieedwards 25th September 2008