Building Resilient Futures
eBook - ePub

Building Resilient Futures

  1. 212 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Building Resilient Futures

About this book

Whether a community struggling to keep its members buoyant, a business trying to stay solvent, or a nation fighting to protect its citizens, adversity and crisis impact us all. The resilient are able to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and not only bounce back but also bounce forward.This book looks at what resilience means at times of crises as well as the in-between periods. It examines the various types of resilience, such as emotional, organisational and societal, and offers valuable insights on how to manage the consequences of upheaval and trauma.The author brings together contributors to deliver a real mix of theory, case-study evidence and anecdote in a way that is both approachable and thought provoking. It is a timely and necessary addition to a crucial topic. Very simply, professionals, practitioners, students, government ministers, and business leaders should read this now. It might be a safer, better world if people read the book and acted on it.

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Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Introduction
  3. Survive and Thrive: What Is Resilience?
  4. Personal Resilience: What Is a Resilient Person?
  5. Emotional Resilience: How Do We Cope with Trauma?
  6. Organisational Resilience: How Do We Organise for Change?
  7. Urban Resilience: How Do We Engineer Greater Resilience?
  8. Community Resilience: How Do We Enhance the Common Good?
  9. National Resilience: What Is Required to Realise the Bigger Picture?
  10. Leadership and Stewardship: How Do We Guide Resilience?
  11. Benchmarking and Standards: How Do We Measure Success?
  12. Resilient Futures
  13. Epilogue
  14. Notes and References
  15. Addendum