?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.120285&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Towards+resilience%3A+Identification+of+the+characteristics+required+for+an+urban+water+supply+business&rft.creator=Thomsen%2C+Graham+L.&rft.subject=Adapt&rft.subject=Behaviour&rft.subject=Disruption&rft.subject=Governance&rft.subject=Management&rft.subject=Resilience&rft.subject=Sustainability&rft.subject=Uncertainty&rft.subject=Water&rft.description=This+thesis+is+a+study+to+determine+the+characteristics+required+for+an+urban+water+supply+business+to+become+resilient.+It+established+an+understanding+of+the+definition+of+resilience+and+the+relationship+with+sustainability.+The+study+tested+the+parameters+through+a+case+study+and+survey+of+a+region+of+south-eastern+Queensland%2C+Australia+which+had+been+subjected+to+disruption+through+severe+drought+conditions+combined+with+rapid+population+growth.+Key+findings+demonstrated+that+technical+and+physical+resources+are+not+sufficient+and+need+to+be+augmented+by+social+and+institutional+culture+in+collaboration+with+the+business+stakeholders.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F120285%2F1%2FGraham_Thomsen_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.120285&rft.relation=Thomsen%2C+Graham+L.+(2018)+Towards+resilience%3A+Identification+of+the+characteristics+required+for+an+urban+water+supply+business.+Master+of+Philosophy+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F120285%2F&rft.identifier=Science+%26+Engineering+Faculty