Place-Based Resilience

Definition

Place-Based Resilience examines place-based resilience within the broader domain of local capacity, inclusion, preparedness, mutual aid and recovery.

Why this matters

Place-Based Resilience can materially affect human agency, capability, belonging, livelihoods, culture, trust, resilience and long-term societal outcomes.

Research questions

Under which conditions does place-based resilience improve human and system outcomes, how do effects vary across populations and contexts, and what safeguards prevent dependency, exclusion, distortion or loss of agency?

Hypotheses

A transparent, participatory and human-directed approach to place-based resilience, with explicit safeguards and longitudinal evaluation, will improve preparedness; inclusion; mutual aid; local capability; recovery time; trust; service access compared with opaque, automation-first or short-term approaches.

Proposed methods

participatory community research; asset mapping; preparedness drills; social network analysis; inclusion audits; recovery case studies; literature and policy review; expert and affected-user interviews; reproducibility testing; methods adapted specifically to Place-Based Resilience

Stakeholders and beneficiaries

governments; communities; employers; workers; unions; educators; infrastructure operators; emergency services; civil society; researchers; investors; technology providers