Graphic: Resilience Building Cycle

Cycle of adaptation graphic

Consider community and landscapes

Focus on:

  • Characterization, Location, Systems
  • Timeframes
  • Partnerships and Teams

Consider:

  • Diverse, Interdisciplinary, Inclusive

Assess risk

Compile and understand:

  • Data, Tools, Models, Knowledge
  • Exposure and Sensitivity, Adaptive Capacity and Potential Impacts

Consider:

  • Past, Present, Future, Geographical, Economic, Human/Social, Critical Infrastructure, Built and Natural Environment
  • Multi-Hazard

Make a plan

Action:

  • Prioritize Vulnerabilities
  • Identify, Evaluate, and Prioritize Strategies

Consider:

  • Scales/Scalable, Risk-Based Planning, Robust, Redundant, Resourceful, Feasible, Compatible, Cost-Effective, Equitable, Objective
  • Chronic/Acute Hazards

Implement

Action:

  • Funding and Finance Opportunities
  • Projects, Policies, and Procedures

Consider:

  • Long/Short-Term Actions
  • Hazard Mitigation Linked with Adaptation

Evaluate, monitor, and adapt

Action:

  • Resilience Indicators
  • Decision-Making Criteria

Consider:

  • Metrics and Evaluation

Repeat process