Premium
Resilience to What? Resilience for Whom?
Author(s) -
Cutter Susan L
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the geographical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.071
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1475-4959
pISSN - 0016-7398
DOI - 10.1111/geoj.12174
Subject(s) - resilience (materials science) , vulnerability (computing) , section (typography) , focus (optics) , sociology , political science , environmental resource management , computer science , computer security , environmental science , physics , optics , thermodynamics , operating system
The discourse on disaster resilience and vulnerability entails diverse research and policy communities each assigning different meanings to the concepts, which in turn influences their measurement and implementation in decision‐making contexts. This invited contribution introduces a themed section with five independently submitted papers on the broad topic of vulnerability and resilience. The distinctive geographical focus on the historical development of vulnerability and resilience and their contemporary manifestations is illustrated by the five internationally focused case studies presented in the themed section.