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Uncertainties that must be managed in DRR and CCA P. H. Longstaff Syracuse University RUSI P.H. Longstaff 2014

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Uncertainties  that  must  be  managed  in  DRR  and  CCA  P.  H.  Longstaff  Syracuse  University   RU

SI                          P.H.    Longstaff

 2014  

Which  uncertainties?    • Certainty  is  rare    •  It  is  certain  that  there  will  be  surprises  • “Disaster”  (without  a  guiding  star)  • UncertainHes  more  manageable  with:  •   Trust  •  Efficiency/resilience  tradeoffs  • Regime  shiOs    • New  rules  for  the  Blame  Game  

• What  does  resilience  mean?  To  us  ?  To  them?      

RUSI                          P.H.    Longstaff

 2014  

Resilience  Gone  Mustang  

We  do  need  to  know  Interests/Goals  (theirs  and  ours)  •  Resistance  (The  Citadel)    •  Stop  the  surprise(s)    •  Tendency  to  fail  catastrophically    •  Trust  high  unHl  failure  •  Resilience  (Surviving  to  operate  another  

day)  •  StaHc:  Bouncing  back  –  return  to  “normal”  •  AdapHve:  Bouncing  forward    •  Trust  built  and  reinforced  oOen  

RUSI                          P.H.    Longstaff

 2014  

Resilience  of  wall  or  assets?    

Disaster  Cooperation  requires  trust  •  Necessary  (but  not  necessarily  sufficient)  Robert  Aexelrod  •  Long-­‐term  relaHonship  •  Frequent  contact  with  opportunity  to  cheat/cooperate  •  Recognize  other’s  agents  and    interests  •  InsHtuHonal  memory  to  keep  track  of  cheaHng  (e.g.,  corrupHon)  and  cooperaHng  

•  Maybe  industry  or  government  or  NGO  •  Between    •  Donor  and  Donor    •  Donor  and  Recipient   RU

SI                          P.H.    Longstaff

 2014  

EfDiciency  v.  Resilience    

“The  thicker  the  hay,    the  easier  it  is  mowed!”  

 Regime  Shifts      • Regime  A  (SOP)  • Regime  B  (disaster  plans)  • Regime  C  (everybody  for  themselves  or  a  guiding  star)    

RUSI                          P.H.    Longstaff

 2014  

Some  current  research  efforts  for  resilience    • NSF:  Microscope  v.  Kaleidoscope    • Defining,  Measuring  and  PredicHng  • Trusted  sources  of  informaHon  • CiHzens  as  assets  • CiHzen  Sensors  then  and  now  • CiHzens  as  responders/organizers:  Panic  or  partner   RU

SI                          P.H.    Longstaff

 2014  

On  the  cutting  edge:  Adaptive  regulation/management  •  For  crisis  •  Empowering  Improvisa;on:  human  and  technical  

•  For  creeping  disasters:  Set  up  sensors  that  indicate  when    •  adapHve  mechanisms  are  failing  (e.g.  Challenges  

cascade)    •  Hpping  points  are  near  •  buffers/reserves  are  near  exhausHon   RU

SI                          P.H.    Longstaff

 2014  

Heroes  of  Resilience      •  Combine  an  awareness  of  common  paderns  with  an  acute  adenHon  to  the  specific  circumstances  of  a  unique  situaHon.  

•  David  Brooks  NYT  28  May  2013  

•  Understand  that  they  don’t  know  it  all  –  humility.  •  Know  how  to  set  goals  that  can  accommodate  all  definiHons  of  resilience:  tolerance.  •  Know  that  they  may  fail  and  accept  it  as  a  temporary  set-­‐back.  

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