Disaster Preparation and Recovery: Lessons from Research on Resilience in Human Development

Four decades of theory and research on resilience in human development have yielded informative lessons for planning disaster response and recovery. In developmental theory, resilience following disaster could take multiple forms, including stress resistance, recovery, and positive transformation. E...

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Main Authors: Ann S. Masten, Jelena Obradović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2008-06-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art9/