Resilience Summary

Definition?
The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions

4R Resilience Framework defines Resilience from outcome perspective reduced probability of failure reduced consequences of failure, and reduced time to restoration.
The framework has came from the perspective of earthquake engineering, but widely used for risk reduction purpose. Michel Bruneau in 2003 developed the framework

 The 4Rs, are the Characteristics of Resilience

Robustness Redundancy Resourcefulness Rapidity

 Robustness
the strength/ability to resist impact not all impacts, but a specific defined level of impact

 Redundancy
given that we have suffered some impact, the ability to substitute resources or undertake alternative processes

 Resourcefulness
tenacious response to and creative solutions for a disaster. OR/ it is likened to the models of being adaptive (sense, respond) or agile

 Rapidity
the ability to quickly restore

4 Dimensions
Awareness about and use Attitudes and behavior

Resource

People

Process
Thinking, decision making and integration

Organization
Attitudes and behavior