§16§§This book offers a comprehensive view on resilience based upon state-of-the-science theories and methodological applications that resilience may fill. Specifically, this text provides a compendium of knowledge on the theory, methods, and practice of resilience across a variety of country and case contexts, and demonstrates how a resilience-based approach can help further improved infrastructure, vibrant societies, and sustainable environments and ecologies, among many others.§§Resilience is a term with thousands of years of history. Only recently has resilience been applied to the management of complex interconnected systems, yet its impact as a governing philosophy and an engineering practice has been pronounced. Colloquially, resilience has been used as a synonym for 'bouncing back'. Philosophically and methodologically, however, it is much more. In a world defined by interconnected and interdependent systems such as water, food, energy, transportation, and the interne §16§t, a sudden and unexpected disruption to one critical system can lead to significant challenges for many others. §04§PartI: Foundations of Resilience.- Chapter1: Risk and Resilience: Similarities and Differences.- Chapter2: Resilience as Function of Space and Time.- Chapter3: Panarchy: Thinking in Systems and Networks.- Chapter4: Lessons from History.- PartII: Resilience Assessment: State of Science and Governance.- Chapter5: Resilience and Governance.- Chapter6: Resilience Quantification and Assessment.- PartIII: Resilience Management: State of Practice and Case Studies.- Chapter7: The State of Practice.- Chapter8: Metrics-based Approaches.- Chapter9: Applications of Network Science and Systems Thinking.- Chapter10: Conclusion.§§
