While overtures have been made in both directions, few have observed a mutual opportunity
for resilience to be a goal in community development, or community development to be a …

Is resilience always adaptive and functional, or can resilience be maladaptive in contexts
where it masks vulnerability or prevents effective action to address risk? In this paper, we …

In the context of accelerated global change, the concept of resilience, with its roots in
ecological theory and complex adaptive systems, has emerged as the favored framework for …

Rural transportation networks are highly susceptible to geohazards such as earthquakes
and landslides. Indirect losses can be severe because the breakdown of a transportation …

Purpose–This study aims to explore how insurance organisations interpret organisational
resilience; to identify potential objectives, elements and practices of organisational …

A community is resilient if it is able to “bounce forward” after an adverse event. Community
resilience is generally considered a process that is indicated by community adaptation …

Communities are exposed to natural catastrophes, such as tsunamis, earthquakes,
hurricanes, etc. Therefore, building and making resilient communities could lead to the …

Due in part to the increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in Australia,
emergency management has recently transitioned from a command-and-control civil …

The three classic pillars of risk analysis are risk assessment (how big is the risk and how
sure can we be?), risk management (what shall we do about it?), and risk communication …

Enterprise resilience is a key capacity to guarantee enterprises' long-term continuity. This
paper proposes a quantitative approach to enhance enterprise resilience by selecting …