A Study on Community's Perception on Disaster Resilience Concept

In response to the increasing vulnerability of urban community to climate change exacerbated disasters, quite a few Disaster Resilient initiatives have been taken place at different corners of the world aiming at making communities resilient to disasters. In a context where many of such initiatives has followed international frameworks and approaches in framing the concept of 'resilience', this research have attempted to explore how community perceives 'being resilientto disasters' and what factors influences them. The findings have compared and contrasted the existing literature and the community perception. The study has emphasized the earnest and urgent need of bringing local community perceptions in the initiative to make resilient communities. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B. V.