Conceptualizing and Measuring Resilience: A Key to Disaster Loss Reduction

A multidisciplinary research project has examined ways to improve resilience, which can be measured by the functionality of an infrastructure system after a disaster and also by the time it takes for a system to return to previous levels of performance. In this article two project leaders present the components and dimensions of resilience and the implications for disaster response strategies.

• Record URL:
  http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/158982.aspx
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• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07386826
• Authors:
  • Tierney, Kathleen
  • Bruneau, Michel
• Publication Date: 2007-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 14-15, 17
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 250
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster preparedness; Emergency management; Infrastructure; Losses; Strategic planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01054255
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 24 2007 3:26PM