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Submit a blog/post to respond to the questions below. Incorporate the required reading in your blog/post. Use examples from additional readings to support your argument. Use recent data and examples to support your argument.
"The strongest force of nature is the strength of the human spirit." Force of Nature Aid Foundation. The report critiques the notion of resilience as an endpoint, and suggests that resiliency are points or milestones on a journey to achieving transformative capacities in recovery from the shock of wars, civil strife, and disasters. Resilience is a process that aims to improve well-being.
Question: In this context of vulnerability and disaster, how would you conceptualize resilience of an individual, group, or community? Is resilience an achievable possibility or an abstract notion?
Required reading:
World Disasters Report Resilience: saving lives today, investing for tomorrow. 2016. Chapter 1. Making the case for resilience.
Scandlyn. J., Simon, N., Thomas, D. and Brett, J. 2010. Theoretical framing of worldviews, values, and structural dimensions of disasters. In Phillips, B., Thomas, D., Fothergill, A. snd Blinn-Pike, L. (eds). Social Vulnerability to Disasters. Florida: CRC Press.
Format - 150 words and above
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