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Theme : resilience
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Contributions to Resilience
Today and tomorrow I'm at RUSI's annual conference on resilience. Will let you know if I hear/ read anything of value.
from : charlieedwards
8th October 2008
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On the Brink
My reading list is growing by the day. But I've spotted the following collection of essays by emergency-response experts representing corporations, local chambers of commerce, federal and local government, academia, and humanitarian-aid organization. The collection is here (pdf)Will post anything useful...
from : charlieedwards
6th October 2008
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Ike: Recovery That Works
From the The New York Sun - excellent example of bottom up activity in motion...HOUSTON — Perhaps the most salient moment during Hurricane Ike came Saturday morning shortly before 8 a.m. when officials delivered two news conferences. From Washington, President Bush explained that Ike was a serious storm, that Secretary Chertoff of the Department of Homeland Security would fly to Houston when conditions permitted, and that the federal government was on the lookout for price gouging, a...
from : charlieedwards
5th October 2008
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Gulf Coast Recovery Project
Interesting work being done on the Gulf Coast Recovery Project by the Mercatus Center http://www.mercatus.org/ResearchAreaLanding.aspx?Category=186
from : charlieedwards
5th October 2008
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Rebels with a cause
From North Norfolk News: Flood wardens in the north Norfolk village that was hit hardest by last year's storm surge have left emergency planners reeling after announcing they intend to go it alone in a bid to protect their community. Should another flooding emergency occur in Walcott, near Bacton, the wardens have said they will act independently of county's civil contingency response teams in an effort to “care for and protect” locals in the way they see fit. The newly...
from : charlieedwards
3rd October 2008
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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
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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
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Another good resource
http://disasterrecoveryresources.net
from : charlieedwards
14th September 2008
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Preservation (via the Library of Congress)
Very useful resource for finding stuff on resilience preparedness. Follow this link
from : charlieedwards
10th September 2008
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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
