Critical assessment of the existing disaster resilience frameworks and their applicability to improve community resilience

Abstract

Disasters are inevitable and unique; however, their impact on livelihood can be minimised. Improving disaster resilience is used as one of the key approaches to minimise the impact of disasters. Several disaster resilience models were presented during the last 20 years. However, these disaster resilience models have a vast diversity and research has not been conducted to assess the connectivity of the available models and frameworks. Therefore, this study critically reviews the disaster resilience models and frameworks to identify their positive and negative aspects that support the development of community resilience. The research is following a narrative literature review methodology while using selected journal and conference papers from the last 20 years. The models and frameworks were critically reviewed using the characteristics and availability of different concepts concerning disaster resilience context. the study summarises 10 disaster resilience models and frameworks utilised in different contexts. The outcome illustrates that DROP and Regional Resilience of Process and Outcome frameworks are comprehensive based on the availability of concepts. Moreover, the Regional Resilience of Process and Outcome framework signifies the suitability of the particular framework for disaster resilience based on concepts and characteristics. This study enhances the existing level of knowledge on disaster resilience and its understanding based on diversified discussion.