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Title: Features of resilience

Journal Article · · Environment Systems & Decisions
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6]
  1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  2. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
  3. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
  4. Lisbon Univ., Lisbon (Portugal)
  5. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
  6. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS (United States)

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) definition of resilience is used here to organize common concepts and synthesize a set of key features of resilience that can be used across diverse application domains. The features in common include critical functions (services), thresholds, cross-scale (both space and time) interactions, and memory and adaptive management. We propose a framework for linking these features to the planning, absorbing, recovering, and adapting phases identified in the NAS definition. As a result, the proposed delineation of resilience can be important in understanding and communicating resilience concepts.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1346540
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5400-68108
Journal Information:
Environment Systems & Decisions, Vol. 37, Issue 1; ISSN 2194-5403
Publisher:
SpringerCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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