Research on Disaster Resilience in Taiwan’s Post-Disaster Tourist Areas

Faced with the impact of global crisis events, understanding the practice of community vulnerability and resilience, their adaptability and management strategies due to the impact of climate change are important issues for sustainable development. The resilience of post-disaster reconstruction is the basis of the capacity of “sustainable adaptation”. Based on the Disaster Resilience of Place Model (DRPM), this paper explores the relationship of cognitive dimensions of post-disaster resilience of the residents as well as the important measurement variables, through a case study of the Baolai Bulao hot spring areas and Maolin scenic area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, which managed to bring a new life to their hometowns through proactive actions after serious typhoon disasters. The results show that the greater the resilience perception of the local residents and the more positive the resilience of the restoration and adaptability of the district, the higher the recognition of post-disaster resilience. Strengthening post-disaster resilience in tourist areas will reduce the impact of natural environmental sensitivity on tourism livelihoods, so as to support the internal stability of the communities before and after the disaster.