Benchmarking agency and organizational practices in resilience decision making

Sabrina Larkin, Cate Fox-Lent (), Daniel A. Eisenberg, Benjamin D. Trump, Sean Wallace, Colin Chadderton and Igor Linkov
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Sabrina Larkin: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Cate Fox-Lent: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Daniel A. Eisenberg: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Benjamin D. Trump: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Sean Wallace: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Colin Chadderton: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Igor Linkov: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2015, vol. 35, issue 2, 185-195

Abstract: Abstract Recent directives from the US Office of the President have detailed the need for resilience in the face of increased security threats and natural disasters. While these documents call for resilience improvements, no guiding framework for the assessment of resilience exists. Federal agencies are then deriving individual ways to address resilience, resulting in a series of parallel efforts instead of one national cohesive effort. This paper summarizes the portfolio of current efforts implemented by agencies to guide the integration of resilience assessment across the federal government. We present a critical overview on the state of resilience science within seven federal agencies and our perspective on the consistencies and disparities on how each agency is enacting presidential orders. The resulting analysis identifies differences in approaches to resilience and common ground upon which federal agencies can use to support more effective programs.

Keywords: Resilience; US government; US Army Corps of Engineers (USAEC); Federal agency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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