Director Message

The sustained ability of a community or community climate resilience to withstand and recover from adversities has become a key policy issue which is being embraced at global level. This is enabled by both the physical and social infrastructure in the build environment to facilitate the ability to bounce back stronger than before. The importance of building community climate resilience has become increasingly recognized by locals, stakeholders and country governments in emergency management and post-disaster community well-being. Resilience is being initiated so as to allow communities to be able to reduce long recovery periods after an emergency. As disasters may cause extreme damage and long-lasting disruptions in community functioning, it is vital for community stakeholders to envision potential damages and expected recovery processes. Community resilience planning requires community decision-makers, environment experts and local stakeholders to identify social goals and their dependencies. This collaboration and communication among experts in different and non-experts makes community resilience planning more challenging due to involving human factors in the planning process.

Human induced and natural disasters are becoming more frequent and costly. Factors like climate change, globalization and increased urbanization are bringing disaster related risks to greater numbers of people. Developing community resilience benefits disaster planners and community members alike. Community resilience expands the traditional preparedness approach by encouraging actions that build preparedness while also promoting strong community systems and addressing the many factors that contribute to health. As a result, resilience building is presenting opportunities in many communities through, promoting health and wellness alongside disaster preparedness, expand communication and collaboration, engaging at-risk individuals and the programs that serve them and building social connectedness.

Resilience planning is technical and domain oriented and requires a comprehensive understanding of the recovery process of damaged entities in the built environment and social systems. In addition to being a complex puzzle community planning is a highly user-centered process, requiring collaboration among built environment experts with different areas of expertise, communication among experts of the built environment and social institutions, and information sharing among the planning participants, community stakeholders, governmental and elected officials, and community members. It is essential to recognize and understand the complexity of the planning process and its characteristics.

Finally, the Pravriddh Foundation team of professionals shall do the best for making a circular economy with “WIN WIN” to each stake holder in the value chain. Present the draft documents before Policy Makers to make prosperous society and extend the facilitation for the execution of such policy decisions of the State and Central Government in association with Farmers/ Agripreneurs/ Entrepreneurs / FPOs network.