How Can Business Share Responsibility for Disaster Resilience?

Susan Hunt, Michael Eburn

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    Abstract

    This paper contributes to knowledge of disaster resilience policy implementation in Australia and proposes measures to strengthen partnerships between government and the business sector to enhance national disaster resilience capacity. In Australia, business makes a significant contribution to disaster relief and recovery. Even so, there are unexplored opportunities to enhance the role of business in disaster resilience, particularly through partnerships with government. The extent that state, regional and local-level disaster plans engage business in disaster relief and recovery is described and their relatively less prominent involvement in disaster resilience is discussed. Examples of disaster resilience policies and their capacity to influence business practices to support disaster resilience are introduced with suggestions for how they can be enhanced. Some potential benefits and pitfalls of public–private sector collaboration are explored and it is noted that, in disaster resilience settings, these risks can be ameliorated through appropriate implementation.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)482-491
    Number of pages10
    JournalAustralian Journal of Public Administration
    Volume77
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2018

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