And continuing along the theme of self-promotion for this topic, regarding a movement similar to Transition Towns:

Kelman, I. 2008. "Relocalising Disaster Risk Reduction for Urban Resilience". Urban Design and Planning, vol. 161, no. DP4, pp. 197-204.

Kelman, I. and E. Karnes. 2007. "Relocalising Disaster Risk Reduction in Boulder, Colorado". Australian Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 18-25

Both these academic articles, and some popular science ones, are available for download at http://www.ilankelman.org/relocalisation.html

Thank you to everyone for sharing their work from which I learn so much!

Ilan