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2 Developing Resilience Indicators and Measures
Pages 9-14

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... policy and financial instruments.  Michael Szönyi, senior risk engineer with the Zurich Insurance Company, is currently working as a flood resilience specialist, assessing flood hazards and flood risks and advising the company and the alliance partners on risk insights and risk mitigation strategies as part of Zurich's flood resilience program.
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From page 10...
... funding to finance disaster response and disaster preparedness or prevention measures, a nation needs to show that their disaster plans are part of their national risk assessment. Currently, 17 member nations have developed national risk assessments; however, different methodologies are used resulting in data compatibility issues.
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From page 11...
... Part of the overall effort focuses on community programs, additional partnerships include the International Federation of Red Cross -- Red Crescent Societies and the nongovernment organization Practical Action, which works to improve community flood resilience in various countries around the world. The program is currently active in Nepal, Indonesia, Mexico, and Peru.
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From page 12...
... The H-GAC is assessing elements in the regional communities that they could monitor and measure to better evaluate progress towards resilience, such as physical vulnerability, participation in hazard mitigation action plans, evacuation plans, engagement in the community rating system, participation in programs like the National Fire Protection Association's Firewise, and the use of natural buffers and green infrastructure to help mitigate damage from flooding and storm surges.
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From page 13...
... From H-GAC's perspective, when the first round of federal disaster relief funding arrived for Hurricane Ike, it was quickly allocated with input from local governments. For the second round of funding, HGAC convened a committee of local officials that has remained in place beyond Hurricane Ike to identify which communities need to add capacity to their local governments.
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From page 14...
... Managing community infrastructure and economic capital requires measures and indicators that support evaluation of investments with a long-term perspective.
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Key Terms

  • hurricane ike
  • resilience program
  • building codes
  • natural disasters
  • global flood

  • local elected
  • insurance company
  • zurich insurance
  • improving resilience
  • flood insurance

  • national flood
  • resilience measures
  • incorporating resilience
  • assessing flood
  • local officials

  • national risk
  • disaster relief
  • disaster prevention
  • disaster preparedness
  • lannoy highlighted

  • insurance program
  • risk assessments
  • recovery funds
  • storm surge
  • wemple stated

  • hazard mitigation
  • indigent health
  • transportation planning
  • alliance partners
  • community resilience


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