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

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