Abstract:

Global climate change-related disasters have dramatically escalated throughout the world. Among a range of unexpected calamities,
hydrometeorological disasters have come to the fore. This is because,
torrential rains, mass flooding events, cyclones, storms, landslides (wet),
droughts, heat waves and cold waves are very predominant. In addition
to that, global warming, wild/forest fires, and melting down of glacier/ice
covers of polar and nearby regions are very serious. This is because
community resilience and ecological resilience are dramatically eroding
and challenging. The existing situation is very serious due to the inherent
nexus between community resilience and ecological resilience. In this
context, the study aims to conduct a systematic literature review

on the extant literature of resilience and to identify the cardinal variables that
are appropriate to measure community resilience to the ongoing global
climate change scenarios. Methodologically, the study used the Preferred
Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) model
to filter the appropriate literature (followed by the identifying, screening,
and including process). The study considered the manuscripts and
reports published in English. Accordingly, inappropriate literature
works were excluded. Finally, the study considered 33 literature works
on resilience out of 117. According to the analysis and results revealed,
six cardinal resiliency aspects were identified, namely, Socioeconomic
resilience, Demographic resilience, Health resilience, Sociopolitical
resilience, Social capital resilience, and Ecological resilience. These key
resiliency aspects will extremely be important for securing the lives and
livelihoods of the human population from the ongoing climate change
impasses/crisis.
Keywords: Community resiliency challenge; global climate change impasses;
hydrometeorological disasters; cascading disasters; ecological resilience.