Standard Guide for General Principles of Resilience

Importancia y uso:

4.1 Every system is subject to disruptive events and stressors. Events and stressors can occur at all life-cycle stages and affect systems in multiple ways and on a range of scales. It is imperative to define and understand the nature of the events and stressors that may affect a system in order to address the opportunities and challenges presented.

4.2 A resilient system is better able to withstand an anticipated disruptive event or stressor.

4.3 Knowledge from historic disruptive events can aid in the design of system resilience. However, assumptions based on historical events may not be indicative of future conditions or future system operations, or they may not be consistent with design criteria in codes and standards. Systems can be designed to withstand and limit damage and support health and safety; stressors and recovery of function can often be more robustly addressed in initial system design practice. Advancing resilience requires addressing all principles of resilience for applicable events and stressors during the design process and life of the system.

Note 1: Design practice is influenced by codes, standards, federal regulations, and other applicable industry best practices. Both resilience, particularly recovery of function and services, and stressors, are new concepts for design practice of many systems, and guidance is evolving.

4.4 This guide provides general guidance but does not prescribe a specific course of action.

4.5 This guide is intended to inform those associated with creating or managing a system when considering its resilience. This could be product development teams, designers, or assessment teams.

4.6 The general principles of resilience are interrelated. However, to facilitate clarity, they are discussed individually as much as possible.

4.7 The general principles in this guide are intended to identify the required performance of more resilient systems and to assist users in making decisions that advance resilience.

4.8 The general principles identified in this guide are intended to inform the development and refinement of tools and standards that qualify and quantify resilience.

4.9 This guide, in covering general principles, is intended to be a basis for the creation of more specific documents on more specific topics.

Subcomité:

E60.80

Referida por:

E3377-24

Volúmen:

04.12

Número ICS:

13.200 (Accident and disaster control)

Palabras clave:

adaptation; recovery; resilience; resiliency; resilient;