Resilience: the big picture - top themes and trends

Lovell, Emma; Bahadur, Aditya; Tanner, Thomas; Morsi, Hani

Abstract

This report uses infographics to identify the key themes and emerging trends in resilience thinking and practice. The report includes sections on:

// The rise in the use of the term 'resilience' in books, scholarly journals and scientific research across a range of disciplines;


// The salience of different themes within resilience thinking;
Identification of geographies of resilience: by pinpointing the countries of author affiliation, and the regions studied in resilience literature;


// Examination of resilience on Twitter: looking at key themes and trends most frequently used in relation to ‘resilience’;


// Analysis of the characteristics of resilience: looking at the way in which academic and grey literature explore awareness, diversity, self-regulation, integration and adaptiveness;


// Inclusion of resilience in the post-2015 agenda, including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the UNFCCC COP21 Paris Agreement on climate change.

Citation

Lovell, E., Bahadur, A., Tanner, T., & Morsi, H. Resilience: the big picture - top themes and trends. London

• Working Paper Type: Working Paper
• Deposit Date: Jul 30, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 26, 2021
• Pages: 1-20
• Publisher URL: https://www.odi.org/publications/10446-resilience-big-picture-top-themes-and-trends