Social impacts and social resilience

The ability of a community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions through risk management. 

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Cover and source: National Consortium for Societal Resilience
Documents and publications

This National Briefing on Societal Resilience provides provides highlights from and focuses on the key issues discussed by participants at the 3rd National Conference on Societal Resilience which took place at The University of Manchester in March 2025.

National Consortium for Societal Resilience [UK+]
Cover and source: Natural Hazards (Springer)
Documents and publications

This study introduces an equity-sensitive framework in a Philippines case study that considers inequities in exposure and vulnerability, demonstrating how these inequities compound into well-being risks.

Natural Hazards (Springer)
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Documents and publications

This study investigates the impact of workplace heat and cold on work time loss.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM)
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Documents and publications

This report evaluates 32 major U.S. public pension funds’ proxy voting responses to climate change.

Sierra Club Foundation
Stand.earth
Research briefs

New research shows that job growth in our region has been faster in areas with serious wildfire danger, a trend that raises the prospect of serious economic fallout from major blazes.

NPR
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Researchers say urgent action needed to inform people about risks of heatwave temperatures and adapt homes.

Guardian, the (UK)
Update

Researchers are combining data on earthquake shaking intensity, crowdsourced traffic data from the Waze navigation app and police crash reports to find out if car crashes are more likely during seismic events.

Seismological Society of America
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This study presents a framework for assessing the disaster resilience of lifeline networks, emphasizing both hazard resistance and post-hazard recovery capabilities.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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