On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Andrew Boyd <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I mentioned this concept to a twittercontact who is working on a vaguely > similar project in the UK - see > http://www.demos.co.uk/projects/resilientnation/overview - they are > looking at trying to be fairly proactive. A quote: > > Over the course of ten months *Resilient Nation *will focus on the > following research areas: mapping the geography of risk in the UK; > identifying the capacity of local authorities to respond to risks; analysing > the flow of information across actors via formal and informal relationships; > describing bottom-up approaches to resilience and how they can be supported > by central government; and lastly understanding the role of civic engagement > and leadership in building resilience across communities. > > If there is any interest in extending Pamela's work to something like > Resilient Nation (or looking at the feasibility of it) please let me know. > > And for those interested, I've created a discussion group/mailing list at http://groups.google.com.au/group/resilient-nation-australia - there has already been interest from several people including Demos in the UK. Best regards, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxaustralia.com.au -- UX Australia Conference Canberra 2009 http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss http://govux.org -- the government user experience forum --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/browse_thread/thread/99938a0fbc691eeb To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
