The science and practice of resilience. (c2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Igor Linkov, Benjamin D. Trump.
• Other Names: Linkov, Igor; Trump, Benjamin D
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Acknowledgment and Dedication; Contents; About the Authors; Part I: Foundations of Resilience; Chapter 1: Risk and Resilience: Similarities and Differences; Chapter 2: Resilience as Function of Space and Time; Stages of Resilience; Domains of Resilience; Risk Versus Resilience: The Difference Between System Hardness and Recovery; A Brief Note on the Omnipresence of Uncertainty; Similarities and Differences of Traditional Risk Analysis and Resilience Analysis; What Does Resilience Bring to the Table of Risk Assessment?; Developing Technologies and Resilience Applying a Systems Theory of ResilienceScholarly Views on Resilience: The Opinion of Available Literature; Search Methodology; Classification Scheme; Resilience as Process Versus Ability; Results; Resilience as a Process Versus Ability; Resilience Stages; NCO Domains; Threat Properties; Takeaways from Scholarly Literature; Chapter 3: Panarchy: Thinking in Systems and Networks; Introduction; Current Practices of Resilience and Potential Limitations with Existing Practice; The Dimension of Time and Experiential Learning; The Shifting Capacity of a System Developing a Systems Theory of ResilienceBe Theoretically Neutral; Foster and Apply Systems Theory; Adopt a Context-Driven Approach to a Targeted System (Cutter et al. 2008); Apply a Systems-View Rather Than a Situational-View of Risk; Operationalizing and Measuring Resilience; Chapter 4: Lessons from History; Venice, the Bubonic Plague, and Resilience Thinking: Early Forays to Constructing Communal Resilience; Resilience Thinking in Modern Disease Control: Ebola in West Africa; Part II: Resilience Assessment: State of Science and Governance; Chapter 5: Resilience and Governance; Governance Resilience as a Growing Concept in Literature and PracticeCalls for Resilience from Governing Authorities; Current Applications in US Regulatory Agencies; Resilience as a Driver of Governance in US Regulatory Agencies; Applying Resilience Matrices to Individual Organizations: The Case of the Department of the Army; Early Discussion of Resilience Within the OECD; Critical Challenges for Resilience as a Policy and Governance Philosophy; Future and Prospective Applications; Chapter 6: Resilience Quantification and Assessment; Generic Frameworks for Resilience Quantification Needed Inputs for Assessment MethodsMetrics and Indices; A Semi-Quantitative Approach: Resilience Matrix; A Quantitative Approach: Network Science; Other Possible Methodological Avenues for Assessing Resilience: Preliminary Approaches to Quasi-Quantification; The Need to Standardize Methodological Practice for Resilience: Making Resilience Useful for Decision-Makers; Part III: Resilience Management: State of Practice and Case Studies; Chapter 7: The State of Practice; Public Health and Epidemiological Resilience; Macro-Level Physical and Epidemiological Resilience
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Subjects: 361.1; Risk assessment; Resilience (Ecology); Resilience (Ecology); Risk assessment; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030045654
• Related ISBNs: 303004565X; 9783030045630; 3030045633
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 11, 2019).
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