Main description:

Community Resilience: Practical Applications to Strengthen Whole Communities in Disaster blends resilience theory and empirical analysis with lessons learned from recent activities to implement and test community resilience strengthening strategies and measure resilience progress. Contributions from key settings and disciplines on the role of resilience theory and science in local implementation are included, providing a stronger operational framework for resilience science than has previously been offered. The book also elevates the discussion by integrating theory where practical handbooks have missed those considerations.

Contents:

1. Resilience: What it is and Why it Matters
2. Pursuing a Resilience Framework
3. Resilience in Action - Local Civil Society Initiatives
4. Resilience in Action - Global Civil Society Initiatives
5. Integrating Emergency Preparedness with Resilience
6. Involving the Faith and Humanitarian Community in Building Resilience
7. Partnership in Resilience Development
8. Mental Health Sequelae and Ongoing Resilience Development
9. Physical Symptomology and Ongoing Resilience Development
10. Infrastructure and Resilience
11. Environmental Issues and Resilience
12. Leadership and Resilience
13. Data and Resilience
14. Next Steps and Innovation in Resilience Development