Resilience: Directions for an Uncertain Future Following the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Abstract The concept of resilience is multi‐faceted. This commentary builds upon the analytical distinctions of resilience provided by Urquiza et al. (2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001508). In response to this article, we emphasize several distinctions between resilience and other systems conc...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Galaitsi, Margaret Kurth, Igor Linkov
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/559201ad1aa54c0e90f33d5c64c57d2a
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Summary:Abstract The concept of resilience is multi‐faceted. This commentary builds upon the analytical distinctions of resilience provided by Urquiza et al. (2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001508). In response to this article, we emphasize several distinctions between resilience and other systems concepts. These include distinctions between resilience, risk, and vulnerability, the tradeoff between resilience and efficiency, resilience contrasted with robustness, the relationship between resilience and sustainability, and finally methods for building resilience‐by‐design or resilience‐by‐intervention. Improving understanding of these concepts will enable planners to select resilience strategies that best support their system goals. We use examples from the 2020–2021 coronavirus pandemic to illustrate the concepts and the juxtapositions between them.