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7 Putting the Pieces Together: Linking Communities and Governance to Guide National Resilience
7 Putting the Pieces Together: Linking Communities and Governance to Guide National Resilience
Pages 197-208
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Experience in the disaster management community suggests that linked bottom-up–top-down networks are important for managing risk and increasing resilience (IPCC, 2012)
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in taking steps toward increasing resilience; however, Chapters 5 and 6 make evident the fact that the collective, national resilience "engine" is not running optimally to make significant advances in resilience across the country. Table 7.1 attempts to capture visually some of the key interactions within the nation's resilience system by identifying specific kinds of policies that can increase resilience and the roles and responsibilities of those in government, the private sector, and communities for acting on these policies.
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TABLE 7.1 Overview of some key resilience policies and the roles and responsibilities related to developing and maintaining community resilience. Stakeholders Resilience Policy Policy Goal Policy Area Result FED STA REG LOC PRIV COMM Strong governance, all levels Governance Agency roles and responsibilities clearly ++ ++ ++ ++ O O defined Jurisdictional cooperation ++ ++ ++ ++ O O Preparedness, planning, training + ++ + ++ O Response ++ ++ ++ O Resilience-aware leaders and citizens
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Stakeholders Resilience Policy Policy Goal Policy Area Result FED STA REG LOC PRIV COMM Education/ Resilience awareness Community ++ ++ ++ ++ preparedness Community organization, planning, + ++ + + preparedness Preparation for response, recovery ++ ++ + + Stable and resilient economy Economics/ finance government ++ O O O + O resilience Recovery costs + ++ O ++ + O
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Stakeholders Resilience Policy Policy Goal Policy Area Result FED STA REG LOC PRIV COMM Insurance + ++ O Poverty reduction ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ Understanding threats and processes Science & Understanding/ ++ O O ++ O Technology/ forecasting disasters R&D Detection/ monitoring ++ ++ O O O O Geospatial information ++ + ++ O Energy/ Control carbon ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ Climate change emissions Coastal Manage coastal + ++ ++ + + management development
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Stakeholders Resilience Policy Policy Goal Policy Area Result FED STA REG LOC PRIV COMM Resilient infrastructure and landscape Planning and National resilience ++ + O assessment dataset tools Land-use Manage development ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ planning of vulnerable lands Zoning Establish rules for ++ O O development Enforce rules for + ++ O O development Codes and Develop rules for ++ + + ++ + + standards buildings Enforce rules for + ++ O O buildings
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Stakeholders Resilience Policy Policy Goal Policy Area Result FED STA REG LOC PRIV COMM Critical National standards: ++ + ++ + O infrastructure Prioritize protection and hardening, interdependency analysis Emergency shelters + + + O Strong citizen protection Public health, Medical records + + + + O human availability services Access to health care ++ ++ O including financial coverage Locator systems for ++ + + ++ O reuniting people Strong communications
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An "O" in the box indicates an actor is a recipient or target for that policy. The additional symbols associated with the checks indicate the level of coordinating responsibility of that actor relative to the other actors, on a four-level scale: (1)
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Clear definition of federal roles for resilience would also allow communities to understand their own roles and responsibilities for promoting resilience and would provide the basis for dialogue with federal agencies to address all phases of the resilience process and to close gaps that presently exist in the process. Some potential steps to implement a national resilience vision and strategy are outlined below.
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is directed to assume a broad coordination and leadership role that brings national resilience into focus at the federal level, and provides clear and coordinated collaboration with state and local government, the private sector, and individuals. The coordination of public outreach, federal financial assistance, preparedness efforts by other federal agencies, and resilience-related research and development efforts across the government is a necessary responsibility for DHS and all relevant federal agencies to pursue aggressively.
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to fully implement the shared national resilience vision that include, for example, Establishing a process for dialogue, planning, and coordination among local, state, and national government leaders and agency heads to develop a long-term national resilience implementation strategy. This process could include: protocols and processes for data collection and data management; coordinating funding streams to local communities for resilience enhancement for case management during and following disasters, for preparedness, response, and short- and long-term recovery; and developing appropriate metrics and a process for measuring progress in advancing national resilience.
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In Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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