...Loïc Le Dé; Karl Wairama; Monynna Sath; Anthony Petera Purpose Resilience has become a priority of most agendas for disaster risk reduction at different scales leading to an increase demand for measurement of resilience. However, resilience is mostly defined, assessed and measured by outsider...

...David M. Simpson Purpose This paper sets out to develop disaster preparedness measurement methodology using a small test case of two communities. It is aimed at furthering discussion of the issues and complexities of developing measurement of preparedness indicators for application and utilization...

... of either. Mitigation is typically oriented toward reducing the probability of failure and also reducing vulnerability through improved resistance (resistance is defined here as a fixed measure, in contrast to the “bounce‐back,” or flexible, nature of resilience). Recovery management is usually oriented...

... on standardized procedures and on substantial scientific evidence which should include background measurements to establish baseline data. Cites case studies involving the use of organisms for monitoring heavy metals and radionuclides in order to demonstrate such procedural pre‐requisites in environmental...

... preliminary hazard assessment for using, improving and extending the model. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Disasters Measurement Modelling Quantitative techniques ...