New Focus on National Resiliency Needed, Says Report

submitted by John Wysham

fiercehomelandsecurity.com - by David Perera - August 9, 2012

Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative

Some federal polices have created unintended negative consequences for resiliency

A focus on resiliency should replace a disaster response status quo that will prove increasingly costly in lives and expenses, says an Aug. 1 report from the National Academy of Sciences.

The report, sponsored by a swath of federal agencies and researchers, calls for community-driven and top-down resiliency measures, including community resiliency coalitions, a Homeland Security Department-prepared national resilience scorecard and incorporation of national resilience as an organizing principle of the federal government.

The concept of resiliency--which report authors define as "the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from and more successfully adapt to adverse events" has assumed heightened importance as a homeland security concept, especially as natural disasters have become more damaging.

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Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13457