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Preparedness: Unpacking and clarifying the concept
Author(s) -
StaupeDelgado Reidar,
Kruke Bjørn Ivar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of contingencies and crisis management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.007
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5973
pISSN - 0966-0879
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5973.12175
Subject(s) - preparedness , unpacking , process management , component (thermodynamics) , conceptual framework , conceptual model , focus (optics) , key (lock) , public relations , knowledge management , political science , risk analysis (engineering) , business , engineering ethics , management science , psychology , sociology , computer science , computer security , engineering , social science , law , philosophy , linguistics , physics , optics , database , thermodynamics
Crisis studies increasingly focus on developing proactive strategies to minimize the effects of unwanted occurrences and contingencies. Preparedness constitutes a key component of this approach, as many crises are difficult to prevent. However, at the conceptual and practical levels, it remains difficult to distinguish preparedness from other crisis‐related concepts. This study draws on an extensive survey of the preparedness literature with the goal of elucidating its defining attributes. The results show that preparedness can be minimally characterized as measures that are of an active, continuous and anticipatory nature. Contextually definitions, however, may also include social, planned, non‐structural or enabling conceptual attributes.