Natural hazards can turn into disasters when not managed well. An important part of disaster risk reduction is to understand how well communities are prepared for natural hazards and how well they can cope with and recover from shocks in the long term. This research assesses self-reported community resilience and asks what makes a community resilient, using Australia as a case study. It reports on an Australian-wide online survey which included questions related to the Conjoint Community Resiliency Assessment Measurement, a subjective indicator, as well as questions about risk perception, well-being, and self-efficacy. Community resilience was found to be moderately high but scores for community leadership and preparedness were low. Perceived community resilience was positively correlated with age and those with high scores for self-efficacy and well-being. There was, as expected, an inverse relationship between reliance on external support during natural hazards and self-efficacy. The results complement previous studies which used different measures of community resilience.

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澳大利亚各地社区应对自然灾害的复原力：联合社区复原力评估测量的应用

如果管理不善，自然灾害可能会演变成灾难。减少灾害风险的一个重要部分是了解社区对自然灾害的准备程度以及他们长期应对冲击和恢复的能力。这项研究以澳大利亚为案例研究，评估了自我报告的社区复原力，并询问是什么让社区具有复原力。它报告了澳大利亚范围内的在线调查，其中包括与联合社区弹性评估测量（主观指标）相关的问题，以及有关风险感知、福祉和自我效能的问题。社区复原力中等偏高，但社区领导力和准备度得分较低。感知的社区复原力与年龄以及自我效能感和幸福感得分高的人呈正相关。正如预期的那样，自然灾害期间对外部支持的依赖与自我效能之间存在反比关系。这些结果补充了之前使用不同社区复原力衡量标准的研究。