resilience in theory and practice - sustain...resilience in theory and practice dr. david dodman...
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Defining Resilience (evolving)
“The ability of a social or ecological system to absorb
disturbances while retaining the same basic structure and
ways of functioning, the capacity for self-organization, and the
capacity to adapt to stress and change” (IPCC, 2007)
Defining Resilience (evolving)
The ability of a social, ecological or socio-ecological system
and its component parts to anticipate, absorb, accommodate,
or recover from the effects of a hazardous event in a timely
and efficient manner, including through ensuring the
preservation, restoration, or improvement of its essential basic
structures and functions, its capacity for self-organization, and
the capacity to adapt to stress and change. (IPCC, 2014)
How can international (climate) finance support local
community-driven (adaptation) initiatives?
Building Urban Resilience
Financing Urban Resilience
National Trust Funds
• Bangladesh: CC Strategy and Action Plan
– Trust Fund ($300m, national ring-fenced funds)
– Resilience Fund ($100m, donors)
• Nepal
– NAPA calls for at least 80% of adaptation funding to be disbursed to the
grassroots level
– Community Development Resilience Fund
• Funding for ‘projects’ rather than ‘processes’
• Definition of local/grassroots?
• Allegations of corruption
• Limited local authority capacity to apply for funds
Financing Urban Resilience
The potential of locally managed funds
• Need to be accessible, flexible and collective
• Use of local knowledge: decisions grounded in community priorities, needs and
possibilities
• Flexible timetables: prevents hi-jacking of agenda to complete by donor deadlines
• Bargaining power: funds enable communities to negotiate with city and national
government
• Autonomy: breaks down clientelist relations
Developed from IIED briefing by Diana Mitlin (2013): http://pubs.iied.org/17154IIED
Social Dimensions of Resilience
Some questions for discussion:
• How useful do you think the concept of resilience is for assessing and implementing responses to climate change risk in urban centers?
• What would be some of the best ways to measures resilience among low-income urban residents?
• What are the particular challenges of delivering adaptation and risk reduction in low-income and informal settlements?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of community-driven approaches to urban adaptation/resilience?