The concept of resilience is increasingly used in academic and policy circles. To
operationalize this concept and reduce the ambiguities surrounding it, since the turn of the …

The role of social resilience in disaster management continues to gain increasing attention
and interest from both researchers and practitioners. This paper critically reviews existing …

There is increasing policy and research interest in disaster resilience, yet the extant
literature is still mired in definitional debates, epistemological orientations of researchers …

The landscape of disaster resilience indicators is littered with wide range of tools,
scorecards, indices that purport to measure disaster resilience in some manner. This paper …

As a concept and disciplinary practice, resilience analysis has evolved rapidly within the
twenty-first century. This is driven in large part by the growing complexity in everyday …

In recent years, the concept of resilience has been introduced to the engineering field in
particular related to disaster mitigation and management. However, the built environment is …

Abstract Maps and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are widely used to better
understand and manage risks in modern cities. While methods for map** hazard …

Many systems on our planet shift abruptly and irreversibly from the desired state to an
undesired state when forced across a “tip** point”. Some examples are mass extinctions …

Resilience is a multifaceted phenomenon, and approaches to measure resilience across
disciplines have produced wide-ranging methods. This paper presents an inclusive and …

Risk assessment and mitigation programs have been carried out over the last decades in
the attempt to reduce transportation infrastructure downtime and post-disaster recovery …