ABSTRACT
Resilience needs to be understood in response to multiple interacting hazards not to standalone single risks, and as such resilience to one risk can build resilience to others (Smith and Vivekananda 2009; Stark, Mataya, and Lubovich 2010; Tänzler, Maas, and Carius 2010; Mitchell 2013). Mazo (2010) sees strengthening adaptive capacity as supporting major public goods in governance, accountability, public health, and education. Goulden and Few (2011, 54) move in a similar direction when they report from their research on the Niger Basin that “social, political and economic factors, such as past development policies, may have significantly influenced the vulnerability of some social groups” to “pressure on basic resources such as land, water and, therefore, food”. From this they conclude that:
“[B]uilding peace through resolving conflicts, adapting to the consequences of climate variability and climate change, and pursuing equitable and sustainable development are linked elements of enhancing human security and building resilience.”
