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Dear List, Regarding the definition of "resilience" in terms of the IPCC and ISDR, see the section starting on page 202 of the paper at http://www.acme-journal.org/vol9/LewisKelman10.pdf Ilan Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:24:05 +0000 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: [DISASTER-RESILIENCE] IPCC SREX To: [log in to unmask] IPCC SREX Hi List I imagine a lot of you will already have looked this up [or helped to write it], but I thought I’d take the opportunity to post the link to the IPCC’s new Special Report [Summary for Policy Members] on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation www.ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/ Interesting to note that ‘Resilience’ is defined as per the new UNISDR definition, i.e. as ... The ability of a system and its component parts to anticipate, absorb, accommodate, or recover from the effects of a hazardous event in a timely and efficient manner, including through ensuring the preservation, restoration, or improvement of its essential basic structures and functions. Best wishes Hugh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You have been sent this email because you are a registered member of the Disaster Resilience mailing list: This is a moderated list. If you wish to send a message to the list 'reply' or post to: [log in to unmask] If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from this list go to: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/disaster-resilience and follow the subscribe/unsubscribe instructions For more options, visit this group at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/disaster-resilience - The Disaster Resilience list aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the complex term, resilience; and to identify the key dimensions of resilience across a range of disciplines and domains. - The creation of this list is linked to the FP7 project, emBRACE: Building Resilience Amongst Communities in Europe www.embrace-eu.org - emBRACE is jointly co-ordinated by Prof Debby Sapir (Universite Catholique De Louvain) and Dr Maureen Fordham (Northumbria University) - This DISASTER-RESILIENCE discussion list was launched on 13 October 2011, International Day for Disaster Reduction http://www.unisdr.org/2011/iddr/. The List is managed by Maureen Fordham, John Twigg and Hugh Deeming - The emBRACE project has received funding from the European Communitys Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement n° 283201. The European Community is not liable for any use that may be made of the information shared on this list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~