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CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOLLISTIC RESILIENCE
John Hamilton
Director
New Zealand’s National Security risks
New Zealand’s National Security Risks
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
1. Policy Advisory Group2. Cabinet Office3. Government House4. Security and Intelligence Group5. Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management
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The Objective
Resilience can be defined as the ability of an entity to absorb and adapt to sudden change without losing its function or character.
Common Factors in Definitions of Resilience
1. Understanding and anticipating potential disruption2. Being ‘change-ready’3. Ability to resist or withstand shocks4. Having survival and coping strategies5. Being capable, adaptable, resourceful, and innovative6. Learning from experience and ‘building back better’
Social Resilience
HealthEducationWelfareCulture
Justice/protection
Economic Resilience
EconomyFinance
CommerceGovernance
Security/ intelligence
Infrastructure Resilience
Lifeline utilitiesBuildings/housingUrban design/devt
Community infrastructure
Environmental Resilience
Hazard mitigationClimate change
adaptationSustainability
Ecology
Organisational Resilience
Business continuityResponse/recovery
capabilityOrganis'l capability
Civic services
Social Capital
KnowledgeCivic participationCapacity buildingConnectednessActive agents
Components of Resilience
Concept of Holistic Resilience
Individual
Family
Neighbourhood
Community
Society
Interventions
Risk reduction, Readiness, Response, Recovery
Christchurch 1251hrs 22 February 2011
Christchurch CBD 2013
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•Situational Awareness: old lesson relearned (again)
•Operational Planning •Media and Public Expectations
•Local Economy
Some Lessons from the Response
Characteristics of Resilience
• Extra capacity – more than one system that can cope in an emergency.
• No single points of failure that can bring down systems.
• The “bounce back“ ability.• The ability to keep finding new solutions• Adaptation and change quickly when needed.
Avoid single points of failure
Characteristics of Resilience
• Extra capacity – more than one system that can cope in an emergency.
• No single points of failure that can bring down systems.
• The “bounce back“ ability.• The ability to keep finding new solutions• Adaptation and change quickly when needed.
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