“Best Practice: Resilience Assessment” outlines best practices for resilience assessment within impact assessments (IA), helping identify and manage risks that could lead to system failures. It emphasizes evaluating how projects, policies, or programs affect the resilience of natural, social, and engineered systems, considering both internal and external factors. The principles highlight the importance of defining system boundaries, assessing vulnerabilities, and understanding potential cascading effects. By applying resilience assessment, decision-makers can develop better strategies to strengthen systems, reduce risks, and ensure long-term sustainability.
About Best Practice Principles Series
IAIA’s International Best Practice Principles series covers a variety of impact assessment topical areas, sharing best practices for practitioners.
