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On Some Foundational Issues Concerning the Relationship Between Risk and Resilience
1University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
Summary
Risk and resilience are debated concepts. This study argues that risk includes system recovery, challenging the view that risk is only about system function loss and not recovery.
Area of Science:
- Systems Science
- Risk Analysis
- Resilience Studies
Background:
- The relationship between risk and resilience is a subject of ongoing debate.
- A specific
- resilience school
- proposes risk is limited to system functionality changes due to an event, excluding recovery.
- This perspective is examined for its implications on common understanding and scientific practice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To critically evaluate the perspective that risk and resilience are disjunct concepts.
- To analyze the thesis that risk is an aspect of resilience.
- To demonstrate the limitations of defining risk solely as a loss of system functionality.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis using examples and reasoning.
- Examination of the
- resilience school
- perspective.
- Comparison with everyday usage, risk assessment practices, and risk science.
Main Results:
- The
- resilience school
- perspective challenges common usage, risk assessment, and risk management practices.
- A fundamental flaw identified is the exclusion of system recovery from the definition of risk.
- System recovery is shown to be integral to both risk and resilience.
Conclusions:
- The perspective that risk excludes recovery is inappropriate and limits comprehensive risk analysis.
- Risk and resilience are more interconnected, with recovery being a key component of both.
- Revising the conceptualization of risk is crucial for effective risk analysis and management.
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