We’ve reached the end of our series on what it means to be
resilient. In this final installment, we look at the aspects of economic
opportunity and management of natural assets. When the aspects of community
resilience were identified by the IFRC based on community perceptions of
resilience, it was through a global aggregate of feedback. This makes this more
difficult for Pacific communities because the idea of natural assets assumes a
range of assets both on land and in the sea. In low lying atolls, natural
assets refer almost exclusively to what is in the sea (and, of course, the sea
itself). So, how can we use these criteria to understand how the SDGs can help
improve community resilience in relation to limited natural resources
available.
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Monday, 6 June 2016
What it Means to be Resilient (Part 3) - Infrastructure and Services
Resilience. The go-to word these days to make you feel smart.
Of course, you have to know what it means, and it means many things in many
different contexts. We’ve been working our way through what it means for a
community to be resilient, and in part three of our series, we look at
infrastructure and services.
Why is infrastructure so important? It underpins service
delivery. And so, the more resilient your community’s infrastructure, the more
resilient your services are. For example: are roads in danger of being washed
out during times of flooding? Are electrical sources protected during storms -
and can electricity be generated in times of emergency? What is the backup
electricity source? Are schools and other public buildings built back from the
shoreline and rivers? Have gas stations been raised so that they can still be
accessed during flooding? Are health centres reinforced so that they can be
operational in times of crisis? Is there proper storage for potable water? What
about communications? Will the community be cut off during times of crisis? And
transport? Are there plans and is there capacity to stick to them?
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)