The Science and Practice of Resilience

• Main Authors: Linkov, Igor (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Trump, Benjamin D. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Risk, Systems and Decisions,
• Subjects: Environmental management.; System theory.; Environmental sciences.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Environmental Management.; Systems Theory, Control.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

This book offers a comprehensive view on resilience based upon state-of-the-science theories and methodological applications that resilience may fill. Specifically, this text provides a compendium of knowledge on the theory, methods, and practice of resilience across a variety of country and case co...

Table of Contents:

• PartI: Foundations of Resilience
• Chapter1: Risk and Resilience: Similarities and Differences
• Chapter2: Resilience as Function of Space and Time
• Chapter3: Panarchy: Thinking in Systems and Networks
• Chapter4: Lessons from History
• PartII: Resilience Assessment: State of Science and Governance
• Chapter5: Resilience and Governance
• Chapter6: Resilience Quantification and Assessment
• PartIII: Resilience Management: State of Practice and Case Studies
• Chapter7: The State of Practice
• Chapter8: Metrics-based Approaches
• Chapter9: Applications of Network Science and Systems Thinking
• Chapter10: Conclusion. .