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Robust, Rapid, Resilient

The resilience of any system can be measured by two dimensions: robustness, the extent of system function that is maintained, and rapidity, the time required to return to full system operations and productivity. In essence, pre-disaster mitigation fosters robustness, and post-disaster adaptation fosters rapidity.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Transportation Lifelines and Critical Infrastructure
This is the first paper that sparked my research interest in transportation vulnerability, and what [...]
Supply Chain Risk: Culture Shock
Is culture shock the reason why so many global and cross-culture business relationships fail? When i[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Reputation Risk
Reputation. Not only is it practically impossible to measure, its value is also frequently underesti[...]
Supply Chain Logistics Risk in Germany
What are the most common supply chain and logistics risks that businesses and logistics providers ha[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Transport infrastructure resilience
Is it possible to devise a simple framework for assessing the resilience of the transport infrastruc[...]
Analysing road vulnerability in Norway
How does the Norwegian Public Roads Administration NRPA assess the vulnerability of the Norwegian ro[...]
from HERE and THERE
1st Supply Chain Risk Management Seminar
A colleague from the SCNI network sent me a note about this seminar that I was unaware of. The Suppl[...]
Overcoming locational disadvantage
Following up my previous post, Sparse transportation networks - a recipe for supply chain disruption[...]