Emergency Planning

MAY 14, 2024

After much pondering of the question, I have come to the conclusion that resilience is an illusion. This is not to denigrate the work of resilience managers, as there is obviously much to be done to reduce the risk and impact of adverse events. However, the concept of resilience is, I think, suspect. What can we do instead?

Resilience 130

Resilience Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards 130

Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Reviewed by Donald Watson, editor of the website theOARSlist.com , Organizations Addressing Resilience and Sustainability, editor of Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design (McGraw-Hill 2001), and co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011).

Risk Reduction 100

Risk Reduction All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard 100

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Shortly after the 9/11 attacks and the anthrax exposures, centers throughout the United States were set up to prepare for and make our nation more resilient. We were also stunned by the sense of extraordinary vulnerability to unknown forces that had also hit the Pentagon and had likely targeted the nation’s Capital.

Disaster Preparedness 52

Disaster Preparedness Hospitality Vulnerability Publishing 52

MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

We are living in a golden age in terms of the easy availability of high-quality information on how organizations can make themselves more resilient. Much of this change was propelled by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.) Back then, finding information on how to do anything in BC and IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) was impossible.

BCM 98

BCM All-Hazards Disaster Recovery Hazard 98

Marketpoint Recall

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Despite the unfortunate timing and severity of the coronavirus, the CCP leadership’s crisis response has not drastically deviated from a historic model decision making model that leaves the Party vulnerable to group-think and indecision from internal and external squabbles. One such article in the People’ Daily claimed that the U.S.

Media 52

Media Government Authorization Travel 52