The ability to withstand adversity and bounce back from difficult life events.

For communities, the ability of the functions that are critically important to society to recover from natural or manmade hazards can be examined to get a picture of overall community resilience.

We call these Mission Critical Functions.

In ecology regeneration is the ability of the environment and its living population – to renew and recover from damage.

1. Water Distribution Infrastructure
2. Food Security in Disaster Related Events
3. Agricultural Sector Production Scale for Communities
4. Housing Safety
5. Environmental Health and Safety
6. Health Services
7. Shelter in Place and Evacuation Systems
8. Psychosocial Resilience
9. Supply Chains; Logistics
10. Energy Infrastructure – Temperature Management
11. Energy – Lighting and Cooking Infrastructure
12. Renewable Energy vs Grid Energy
13. Education Systems
14. Hygiene and Prevention
15. Communications Systems
16. Sewer/Septic Systems
17. Solid Waste Management
18. Transportation
19. Community Security
20. Community Commons Areas Availability
21. Social services
22. Value Chains
23. Climate Threat Mitigation and Transformation
24. Data and Information Management
25. Emergency Management
26. Management and Governance

2. Chart resident-identified Gaps and Proposed Solutions.

3. Create a bar chart of the Mission Critical Functions that are resilient and regenerative and those that are vulnerable.

4. Bring the community together for a simulation exercise with future scenarios likely in the geography, to build networks and to provide information for planning.

5. Begin addressing the most vulnerable Mission Critical Functions identified by the community.