Public Resilience in CBRN Events: Lessons Learned from Seven Cases

Abstract

Public resilience is not a common concept in the United States. The term resilience is generally used in reference to communications or other infrastructure, but rarely in human terms. This is not the case in Israel and the United Kingdom, where resilience is widely accepted as a necessary part of everyday life. Resilience is generally defined as the ability to respond effectively and recover from any stressor, in this case, following a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) attack or accident. In the simplest terms it is the ability of individuals, a community and a nation to return to some semblance of normalcy after a catastrophic event. What would the U.S. Government need to do? What support would need to be provided for citizens to enable them to go about their daily lives, even though their lives may be irrevocably altered? These are the questions addressed in this study.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA570828

Entities

People

  • Megan P. Stans
  • Michael T. Kindt
  • Michelle L. Spencer

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Services
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • Personnel Management
  • Quarantine
  • Recreation
  • Sars
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design