U.S. Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS) Program: concepts and practices of “resilience”, a compilation from various secondary sources, a working paper prepared for Coastal Community Resilience (CCR) Program
Under the program area four of the ITOWS program: the “Local Preparedness and Mitigation” has been uniquely devised as one of the most significant area of work. The Tsunami Resilient Communities (TRC) has planned as the core initiative to this local preparedness and mitigation program component. The title of the program, however, has recently been changed from “Tsunami Resilient Communities” (TRC) to Coastal Community Resilience (CCR). The main goal is to improve of public safety during tsunami emergencies and to build resilience to recurring coastal events. This document is a synoptic compilation of some of the existing concepts, discourses and practices surrounding the concept of resilience. The paper tried to look at both the academic debates as well as the practices (frameworks, models, experiences etc.) existing in relation to “building resilience” in various empirical domains. The document by nature is a form of compilation and a collection from various relevant secondary sources. The existing works on which the sections are build or compiled on have been duly referenced after each of the sections.