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1 online resource (1 PDF file (xviii, 133 pages)) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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A consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
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Consensus study report.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
The frequency and severity of disasters over the last few decades have presented unprecedented challenges for communities across the United States. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina exposed the complexity and breadth of a deadly combination of existing community stressors, aging infrastructure, and a powerful natural hazard. In many ways, the devastation of Hurricane Katrina was a turning point for understanding and managing disasters, as well as related plan making and policy formulation. It brought the phrase "community resilience" into the lexicon of disaster management. Building and Measuring Community Resilience: Actions for Communities and the Gulf Research Program summarizes the existing portfolio of relevant or related resilience measurement efforts and notes gaps and challenges associated with them. It describes how some communities build and measure resilience and offers four key actions that communities could take to build and measure their resilience in order to address gaps identified in current community resilience measurement efforts. This report also provides recommendations to the Gulf Research Program to build and measure resilience in the Gulf of Mexico region. |
| Funding |
This activity was supported by a contract between the National Academy of Sciences and the Gulf Research Program (Award No. 1-Aug2016-02). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the view of the organization that provided support for the project. |
| Contents |
Summary -- Introduction -- Evaluation of existing resilience measurement efforts -- Ground truthing how communities measure resilience -- For communities : actions for building and measuring community resilience -- For the Gulf Research Program : ways forward for building and measuring community resilience in the Gulf Region -- References -- Appendixes |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Gulf Research Program.
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Disaster relief -- Gulf States.
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Disaster relief. |
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Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social conditions.
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Hurricane Katrina (2005) |
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Social conditions. |
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Natural disasters -- Gulf States.
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Natural disasters. |
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Communities.
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Communities. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
2005 |
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Electronic books.
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Technical reports.
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Technical reports.
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| Added Author |
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Measuring Community Resilience.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Building and Measuring Community Resilience : Actions for Communities and the Gulf Research Program. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2019 9780309489720 |
| ISBN |
9780309489720 |
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0309489725 |
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9780309489737 |
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0309489733 |
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9780309489751 (electronic book) |
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030948975X (electronic book) |
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