ABSTRACT
The steady stream of natural and man-made disastrous events (hurricanes, tsunami, terrorism, civil wars) experienced throughout the world in the last few years has stimulated a great deal of interest in both sustainability and resilience. The dialogue has expanded to include not only psychological, social, and ecological approaches to sustainability and resilience, but also organizational, institutional, and national approaches. Resilience and sustainability have emerged as important frameworks for developing our personal, communal, and organizational capacities to withstand shocks, anticipate risks, and remain fully operational under conditions of extreme or prolonged duress while preserving our natural life-support systems.
