Factors influencing resilience to hazards
Economic Development
Location
Political Capital
Corruption
Government Policies
Knowledge of Hazard Events
Remote locations that are further from assistance will be less resilient because response will be slower.
Landlocked countries will have lower resilience. This is because resources will need to come from air or land which is less efficient than by sea.
Landlocked countries are often much poorer
Government needs to have wealth to fund an emergency response - this comes from an effective tax system.
Emergency powers - governments need to have authority to provide emergency assistance - doing this quickly will save lives and improve response
Government departments responsible for disaster recovery - e.g. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in USA. This means disaster recovery is well planned and organised.
'Lived experience of hazard events' is key. If people have experienced the event before, they are more resilient. They will know what to do in the event of an EQ or volcano.
This may help when re-building/recovering and will allow for a faster recovery.
Is hazard management a priority for the country?
In Japan, there are regular earthquake drills which are compulsory - this increases resilience
Some governments enforce building codes which means that they have to be built in a certian way to help withstand EQ events. This is again government policy
Corruption is a strangle hold on development. It means that government income is lost and the country does not run as well as it should.
Corruption will mean a country has less income to spend on hazard management
Goverment policies are less likely to be enforced. E.g. in Istanbul, people often do not follow the regulations on building houses in a way to withstand EQ events. This is because it is expensive. Instead officals are bribed.
Wealthy countries are more resilient as they can fund hazard management more easily.
There is a greater pool of resources to assist in recovery after an event - in essence, this is resilience