Environmental Engineering Reference
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buildings, structures and critical supplies,
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computers, services and specialized equipment,
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individual managers, decision makers and subject matter experts.
Adaptive capacity
is a measure of the culture and dynamics of an
organization that allow it to make decisions in a timely and appropriate
manner both in day-to-day business and also in crises. Adaptive capacity
considers aspects of an organization that may include (but not be limited to):
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leadership and decision making structures,
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the acquisition, dissemination and retention of information and
knowledge, and
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the degree of creativity and flexibility that the organization promotes
or tolerates.
A resilient organization has three main qualities above a non-resilient
organization:
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A greater awareness of itself, its key stakeholders and the
environment within which it conducts its business.
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An increased knowledge of its keystone vulnerabilities, and the
impacts that those vulnerabilities could have on the organization; both
negative and positive.
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The ability to adapt to changed situations with new and innovative
solutions and/or the ability to adapt the tools that it already has to
cope with new and unforeseen situations.
An organization with heightened resilience is able to quickly identify and
respond to those situations that present potentially negative consequences and
find solutions to minimize these impacts. Furthermore, resilience enables an
organization to see opportunities in even the most
3.7.4. Definition of Resilience Index
Data processing is organized with the appropriate definition of the
Sustainability Index . The first step in data processing is the data normalization
with the aim to obtain specific indicators to be agglomerated in the
Sustainability Index. It is assumed that the Sustainability index [5,6,7] is a
linear agglomeration function of products between specific indicators and
