Abstract Over the years, the construct of resilience has been increasing in complexity, indicated by the lack of consensus in its definition, operationalization, and measurement.
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Abstract Over the years, the construct of resilience has been increasing in complexity, indicated by the lack of consensus in its definition, operationalization, and measurement.
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- Editorial: Enhancing resilience in complex systems: transdisciplinary and systems approaches to sustainable infrastructure and urban development (2026) · doi
Four threads cut across the clusters. First, resilience is a relational property connecting networks, institutions and communities, with emergent behaviour that no single disciplinary lens captures. Second, the method pluralism here, from indicators and network simulations to GPS traces, difference-in-differences designs and place-based narratives, is the signature of the topic rather than a weakness: coupled socio-technical systems demand coupled methods, and privileging one family hides parts of the phenomenon. Third, gaps remain in distributional evaluation, in cross-scale governance from
Keywords: coupled four threads across clusters first resilience relational property connecting networks institutions communities emergent behaviour - Tiered Approach to Resilience Assessment (2018) · doi
Comprehensive approaches to assessing resilience at appropriate and operational scales, reconciling analytical complexity as needed with stakeholder needs and resources available, and ultimately creating actionable recommendations to enhance resilience are still lacking.
Keywords: resilience comprehensive approaches assessing appropriate operational scales reconciling analytical complexity needed stakeholder needs resources available - Toward a Model of Military Family Resiliency: A Narrative Review (2018) · doi
Abstract Over the years, the construct of resilience has been increasing in complexity, indicated by the lack of consensus in its definition, operationalization, and measurement.
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