If a community is resilient, it can withstand and recover from an unanticipated disaster, like an earthquake, fire or flood. But since every disaster and every community is unique, a uniform measure for defining ‘resilience’ has been hard to come by for engineers and social scientists. A new study offers an innovative approach to defining resilience that could help communities better prepare for hazards.
from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180105135255.htm
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