Abstract

Resilience is often construed as armour that protects individuals from stressors and harm, or a trait that allows people to ‘bounce back’ despite adversities and stressors. Although not fundamentally incorrect, these notions do not capture the true purpose, scope or power of resilience, particularly in the disaster context.

RAS ID

38790

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2021

Volume

36

Issue

2

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Publisher

Australian Emergency Management Institute

Comments

Horn, Z. (2021). Are we heading for disaster? The problem with resilience in disaster management and recovery. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 36 (2), pp.11-12.

https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/ajem-april-2021-are-we-heading-for-disaster-the-problem-with-resilience-in-disaster-management-and-recovery/

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