P225:

PEACE AND
GOVERNANCE
FOR DRRM
LECTURE 3
Lesson Outline
INTRODUCTION TO
GOVERNANCE

RESILIENT SOCIETY
GOVERNANCE

The rise of governance as a set of structural

arrangements and processes through which
coordinated decision making and action take
place is closely tied to globalization.
DISASTER

GOVERNANCE

In the case of disasters, the complexity of supply

chains in a global economy means that the effects
of many disasters are felt far beyond their
immediate areas of impact.
WHY?
Hazards and disasters do not
respect borders.

Transsystem social ruptures - crises

and disruptions that affect two or
more societies simultaneously or in
rapid succession
WHAT DOES IT IMPLY?

governance and management of these types of

events require extensive cross-national and
cross-institutional collaboration.
 DISASTER

GOVERNANCE

Disaster governance can be subsumed under

the more general rubric of risk governance,
which consists of the application of
governance principles to the risk and risk-
reduction domain.
HORIZONTAL

GOVERNANCE

Relationships involve actor networks that operate mainly within a

local geographic context, e.g., a community, flood plain, or
watershed
 VERTICAL

GOVERNANCE

concentrates more on the hierarchical relations between local,

regional, national and even international.
WHAT INCLUDES

DISASTER

GOVERNANCE?

LAND -USE PLANNING

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
COMMUNITY- BASED PROGRAMS

and many more . . .

RESILIENT SOCIETY
What does it mean

when we consider

a society a resilient

one?

able to react to and respond after a shock

Resilience even opens new doors to enhanced

growth and sustainability.
RESILIENT SOCIETY
A society is resilient if all, or at least most, individuals
have the option to react in order to bounce back.

In a non-resilient society, some people might never

recover from a severe crisis. Temporary job losses might
lead to permanent unemployment, firms might close
forever, or large debts might hold back households for
years. These people do not bounce back even if
insurance cushions the fall.
RESILIENCE IS

THE KEY TO A

LIVABLE FUTURE

According to Johns Hopkins

University, sustainability is the
collection of smart and responsible
actions that prioritize people, natural
resources and finances to safeguard
the health of future generations.
 Four key components to
operationalizing
sustainability and resilience

public outreach and understanding

identifying risk and vulnerability
planning and preparedness
identifying available resources and
money.
KEY FOR SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT

Humans live and operate in social systems that are

inextricably linked with the ecological systems
KEY FOR SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT

Social-ecological systems are complex

adaptive systems
KEY FOR SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT

Resilience thinking provides a framework for

viewing a social-eco-logical system as one system
operating over many linked scales of time and
space. Its focus is on how the system changes and
copes with disturbance.