I would make it a point to learn more and more about resiliency thinking and its ultimate impact on the urban landscape and culture. Many complex forces are currently in play that will require engineers to define, design, and direct the resilience framework.
From the book:
The
Five Characteristics of Resilience
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Aware
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The entity has knowledge of its strengths and assets, liabilities
and vulnerabilities, and the threats and risks it faces. Being aware includes situational awareness:
the ability and willingness to constantly assess, take in new information,
and adjust understanding in real time.
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Diverse
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The entity had different sources of capacity so it can successfully
operate even when elements of that capacity are challenged: there are
redundant elements or assets. The
entity possesses or can draw upon a range of capabilities, ideas, information
sources, technical elements, people or groups.
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Integrated
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The entity has coordination of functions and actions
across systems, including the ability to bring together disparate ideas and
elements, work collaboratively across elements, develop cohesive solutions,
and coordinate actions. Information is
shared and communication is transparent.
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Self-Regulating
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The entity can regulate itself in ways that enable it to deal with
anomalous situations and disruptions without extreme malfunction or
catastrophic collapse. Cascading
disruptions do not result when the entity suffers a severe dysfunction; it
can fail safely.
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Adaptive
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The entity has the capacity to adjust to changing
circumstances by developing new plans, taking new actions, or modifying behaviors. The entity is flexible: it has the ability
to apply existing resources to new purposes or for one element to take on
multiple roles.
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