TY - JOUR
T1 - Resilience in practice
T2 - Five principles to enable societies to cope with extreme weather events
AU - de Bruijn, Karin
AU - Buurman, Joost
AU - Mens, Marjolein
AU - Dahm, Ruben
AU - Klijn, Frans
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The concept of resilience is used by many in different ways: as a scientific concept, as a guiding principle, as inspirational ‘buzzword’, or as a means to become more sustainable. Next to the academic debate on meaning and notions of resilience, the concept has been widely adopted and interpreted in policy contexts, particularly related to climate change and extreme weather events. In addition to having a positive connotation, resilience may cover aspects that are missed in common disaster risk management approaches. Although the precise definition of resilience may remain subject of discussion, the views on what is important to consider in the management of extreme weather events do not differ significantly. Therefore, this paper identifies the key implications of resilience thinking for the management of extreme weather events and translates these into five practical principles for policy making.
AB - The concept of resilience is used by many in different ways: as a scientific concept, as a guiding principle, as inspirational ‘buzzword’, or as a means to become more sustainable. Next to the academic debate on meaning and notions of resilience, the concept has been widely adopted and interpreted in policy contexts, particularly related to climate change and extreme weather events. In addition to having a positive connotation, resilience may cover aspects that are missed in common disaster risk management approaches. Although the precise definition of resilience may remain subject of discussion, the views on what is important to consider in the management of extreme weather events do not differ significantly. Therefore, this paper identifies the key implications of resilience thinking for the management of extreme weather events and translates these into five practical principles for policy making.
KW - Disaster risk management
KW - Extreme weather events
KW - Resilience
KW - Resilience principles
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85012181010&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.02.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85012181010
SN - 1462-9011
VL - 70
SP - 21
EP - 30
JO - Environmental Science & Policy
JF - Environmental Science & Policy
ER -
