Resilience: International Policies, Practices and Discourses
Volume 3, Issue 1, 2015
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/resi20/current#.VOkz6y5nBhW

Fundamental determinants of urban resilience: A search for indicators applied to public health crisis
Marie-Christine Therriena, Georges A. Tanguayb* & Iseut Beauregard-Guérinc
DOI:10.1080/21693293.2014.988915
pages 18-39
Published online: 22 Jan 2015
Abstract
We analysed 26 studies of the use of public health resilience indicators (PHRIs) in an urban setting in western countries, provinces and states. We selected 279 PHRIs in these studies, of which 270 (97%) are used only once or twice. The analysis of the studies thus reveals a lack of consensus not only on the conceptual framework and the approach favoured, but also on the selection and optimal number of indicators. First, by performing different classifications and categorisations of PHRI we identify problems inherent in territorial practices that use PHRI. Second, we argue that the lack of consensus in several steps of the creation of PHRI stems notably from the ambiguity in the definitions of urban public health resilience, objectives for the use of such indicators, the selection method and the accessibility of data. Third, we propose a selection strategy for PHRI through which we demonstrate the need to adopt a parsimonious list of PHRI covering the urban resilience components and their constituent categories as broadly as possible while minimising the number of indicators retained. The result is a concise and less redundant list of indicators that are less sectoral and more integrative, which has the advantage of encompassing the integrated dimensions of urban resilience.

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Researching resilience: An agenda for change
Peter Rogersa*
DOI:10.1080/21693293.2014.988914
pages 55-71
Published online: 30 Jan 2015
Abstract
Drawing on a wide range of research – including disaster management, security studies, international relations and social sciences – this article offers a critical perspective on the current state of play in international research on disaster resilience. Some suggestions are made on how academic approaches can better interface with policy solutions to the wicked problem of disasters. The goal of this paper is to offer one potential roadmap of how research on resilience can help, not hinder, the broader policy agenda for increased societal security and disaster resilience.

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Review Essay
Humanitarian business/Humanitarian intervention: ideas in action
Reinventing humanitarian intervention and resilience in the age of new conflicts and natural disasters
Andreea Madalina Ciurea
pages 87-92
[No abstract]