Guidelines for development of indicators, indicator systems and provide challenges Page 1
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This research analysed strong opinions, held by emergency management practitioners and
researchers, about developing a regional framework of community resilience indicators. A …

Urban aquatic social-ecological systems (SESs) comprise socio-technical elements, the built
environment and its management, and natural elements (water bodies) that provide …

Resilience assessment is a complex and challenging process. It is interrelated to variety of
aspects such as social, economic, ecological, etc. The objective of this research is to …

In 2013 a new collaborative center was established in Wellington, New Zealand to focus on
integrating resilience research with the region's community disaster resilience strategy. An …

Resilience appears within diverse literatures across the physical and social sciences,
pervades social, and ecological systems models and has been mobilized in the quest to …

This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for obtaining the Ph. D.
degree in Natural Sciences (Doctor rerum naturalium) at the University of Bonn. The work …

Broadly speaking, resilience to natural hazards is the ability of individuals and communities
to cope with disturbances or changes and to maintain adaptive behaviour (Maguire and …

Indicators are regarded as important tools to assess, evaluate, and monitor changes and
transformation in very different fields, but in particular in the interface between science and …

The urgent need to transform our patterns of urban development has been expressed not
only by the scientific community but also in the policy arena. Current concerns relate to …