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While Chaps. 4 and 5 focused on cases where extreme disasters have impacted the lives of people and communities, the reality is that a modern risk society characterized by complexity and uncertainty (see Chap. 2) will continue to expose more communities to similar or more extreme disasters now and in the future. This chapter spotlights actions at different levels of societies for future with respect to incorporating components of resilience into systems and schemes of resilience-based public policy. Built on a systems view of “resilient societies,” the subsequent sections examine relevant systems and boundaries with cases/practices directly or indirectly related to resilience at (1) local, (2) national, (3) regional, and (4) global levels to elucidate their association with resilience-based public policy. Every section focuses on activities around boundaries in and outside of systems or structures. Based on the systems analysis which is founded on systems approaches (see Chap. 3), the conclusion provides the roles of resilience-based public policy for resilient societies with possibilities and challenges.
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Initially mandated by Act 83 in 2014 (Hawaii Climate Change Adaptation Initiative) and expanded by Act 32 in 2017 (Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Initiative).
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Those organizations include the African Union, the European Union, the Economic Community of Central African States, the Southern African Development Community, the Organization of American States, the Central American Integration System, the Caribbean Community, the League of Arab States, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.
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An enabling environment is a set of interrelated conditions—such as legal, organizational, fiscal, informational, cultural, and political—that impact on the capacity to engage in processes in a sustained and effective manner, in support of public policy.
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Shimizu, M., L. Clark, A. (2019). Linkages in Boundaries for Resilient Societies Through Local to Global Levels: Roles of Resilience-Based Public Policy. In: Nexus of Resilience and Public Policy in a Modern Risk Society. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7362-5_6
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