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Theme : resilience
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Are we leaving communities behind?
Last week I gave a presentation on the Self-resilient society in Melbourne. The talk was hosted by ANZSOG and the Victorian State Services Authority. You can listen to the talk here.
from : charlieedwards
30th July 2008
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Self-resilient Society
Hopefully, all things being equal, we will be publishing a short draft paper on the self resilient society in September. Watch this space.
from : charlieedwards
30th July 2008
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Promoting innate human resilience
I've just been reading an interesting piece from Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, which summarises the three main aspects of biological resilience as follows:
from : michaelharvey
29th July 2008
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Public libraries - ensuring informed crisis response
I've just read some interesting work on the role of public libraries in the aftermath of civil emergencies. Published in 1993, the study looks at British cases from the 1980s, such as the Bradford City fire (May 1985), the Hungerford Massacre (August 1987) and the Kings Cross fire (November 1987). Several themes stand out:
from : michaelharvey
23rd July 2008
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Lessons from Australia
Australia has a first class emergency management system but any emergency puts strain on that system. The more that we as individuals can do to prepare ourselves, the more effectively the emergency services can direct their resources.
I'm in Australia next week and will be talking to various people who work in the resilience field. Will report my findings here.
from : charlieedwards
18th July 2008
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Resilience and human nature
Just read an interesting piece on the psychological aspects of resilience in the Harvard Business Review. The author, Diane L. Coutu suggests that resilient people (as well as businesses) are those with the following three characteristics:
from : michaelharvey
10th July 2008
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Indoor Positioning System - aiding crisis response
Interesting piece on the trial of a new Indoor Positioning System (IPS) by fire services. An example of how the benefits technology can potentially be harnessed to aid crisis response - in this case on the communications front.
from : michaelharvey
7th July 2008
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Power returns following blackouts
From the BBC:
Electricity supplies have returned to normal following countrywide blackouts on Tuesday, the National Grid has said. Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across London, Cheshire, Merseyside and East Anglia lost power. Blackouts were caused by Sizewell B nuclear plant in Suffolk and Longannet coal-fired station in Fife going off-line within minutes of each other. Storms overnight have left some people still without power but operators have said they are working to restore it.
from : charlieedwards
4th July 2008
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Where Trust is High, Crime and Corruption are Low
From the Pew Research Centre:
"Trust," political scientist Eric Uslaner has written, "is the chicken soup of social life." Over the last two decades, social scientists have repeatedly suggested that good things tend to happen in societies where people tend to trust each other -- they have stronger democracies, richer economies, better health, and they suffer less often from any number of social ills.
from : charlieedwards
30th June 2008
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Knowing the truth about risk - a threat to national security?
Picking up on a theme raised in my last post on the Pitt Review, there is clearly an argument to be made for greater openess with the public and with local emergency services as a means of strengthening community resilience.
from : michaelharvey
26th June 2008
