Resilience and disaster risk reduction: an etymological journey

This paper examines the development over historical time of the meaning and uses of the term resilience. The objective is to deepen our understanding of how the term came to be adopted in disaster risk reduction and resolve some of the conflicts and controversies that have arisen when it has been us...

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Published inNatural hazards and earth system sciences Vol. 13; no. 11; pp. 2707 - 2716
Main Author Alexander, D. E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 05.11.2013
Copernicus Publications
Subjects
Disaster management
Disaster risk
Disasters
Emergency preparedness
Risk reduction
Social science research
Sustainability science
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ISSN1684-9981
1561-8633
1684-9981
DOI10.5194/nhess-13-2707-2013

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