Tiered Approach to Resilience Assessment

Area of Science:

• Environmental Science
• Risk Management
• Policy Analysis

Background:

• Regulatory agencies commonly use a three-tier risk assessment framework.
• Existing resilience assessment methods lack comprehensive, scalable approaches.
• Integrating resilience assessment into current regulatory processes remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose a tiered resilience assessment framework adaptable to existing regulatory structures.
• To guide the selection of appropriate resilience assessment and decision-support tools.
• To facilitate the integration of resilience assessment into policy and management actions.

Main Methods:

• Development of a tiered framework for resilience assessment.
• Alignment of the framework with existing regulatory risk assessment tiers.
• Guidance on selecting tools based on risk scope, urgency, and resource capacity.

Main Results:

• A structured approach for selecting resilience assessment tools is presented.
• The framework facilitates the reconciliation of analytical complexity with stakeholder needs.
• Actionable recommendations for enhancing system resilience can be derived.

Conclusions:

• The proposed tiered framework enables easier integration of resilience assessment into existing regulatory processes.
• It provides a practical guide for resource managers to improve system resilience.
• The approach supports informed decision-making for enhanced environmental and system resilience.