Screen LibraryDefining and Measuring Economic Resilience from a Societal, Environmental and Security Perspective /
This volume presents an economic framework for the analysis of resilience in relation to societal, environmental, and personal security perspectives. It offers a rigorous definition of economic resilience and an operational metric, and it shows how they can be applied to measuring and applying the c...
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Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Integrated Disaster Risk Management,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1533-5 |
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This volume presents an economic framework for the analysis of resilience in relation to societal, environmental, and personal security perspectives. It offers a rigorous definition of economic resilience and an operational metric, and it shows how they can be applied to measuring and applying the concept to private and public decision making. Major dimensions of resilience and their implications for human development are explored. Resilience is emphasized as a coping mechanism for dealing with short-term crises, such as natural disasters and acts of terrorism. As well, the author shows how |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(XLI,91pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9789811015335 |
| Index Number: | HC79 |
| CLC: | X196 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Human development and resilience -- Economic framework -- Defining resilience across disciplines -- Economic resilience -- Broader dimensions of economic resilience -- Related concepts -- Measuring economic resilience -- Empirical analysis -- Risk management -- Co-benefits -- Conclusion. . |