Most disasters are attributed to natural phenomena, but in many cases, they actually occur or are worsened because of mismanagement and/or the inappropriate implementation of development policy. Unsustainable development practices, ecosystem destruction, extreme poverty, and climate change have led to an increase in the frequency and consequences of disasters, whether primarily natural or humancaused. With a paradigm shift from disaster 'government' to disaster 'governance,' the complex problems of both pre-and post-disaster situations should be anticipated and managed in an integrated manner (Mardiah et al. 2017). 'Governance' defines as activities to utilize resources, and to formulate coordinated and/or less conflicted policies among involved actors despite the diversity of their original missions and goals (Duit et al. 2010; Peters 2013).The U.S. National Academy of Sciences defines resilience as, 'the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from, and more successfully adapt to adverse events' (National Research Council, 2012). An important component of this is 'the post-event adaptive processes that facilitate the ability of the social system to reorganize, change, and learn in response to a threat' (Guarnacci 2016, p. 181). Thus, a resilient community will be capable of responding and recovering effectively from disaster (Schwab 2014, p. 21). Resiliency is also interchangeable with