TOOLS OF RESILIENCE AS MODERN METHODS OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION WITHIN ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY

The paper deals with a broader emphasis on sustainable environmental policy, possible better governance of natural and anthropogenic risks and building of resilience of the citizens of the Czech Republic, living in medium towns and cities, against disasters. In last 5-10 years, the term "resilience" getting to be very intensively used worldwide, both by scientists and politics, especially according to the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015), the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030), ongoing climate change and obvious shifts in ecosystems. A lot of potentially useful tools, strategies, guidelines and publications have been written and promoted (for example by experts from Resilience Alliance, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, World Economic Forum, Stocholm Resilience Centre, etc.). The questions are: How can we wisely implement and use some of these great concepts, ideas and tools in the conditions of Middle Europe, for example in the Czech Republic? How can we change the current not very resilient behavioral patterns of children and adults in the cities from rather passive reaction (mostly just waiting for rescue in the time after any disaster), towards more active pursuit of self-protection and self-rescue of themselves and neighbors, till the moment, when units of integrated rescue system will take the place and try to do their best?