Resilience Implementation Research Articles

Lack of hospital resilience as the main challenge of hospital management during the COVID-19 pandemic: A grounded theory study.

Traditional hospital management responses during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic proved ineffective, particularly considering the pre-existing challenges in healthcare systems. The study examines hospital management challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, transforming their lived experiences into a conceptual approach to prevent repetition and benefit health planners and policymakers in future crises and normal times. This qualitative study utilized the grounded theory methodology, conducting in-depth interviews with 12 hospital administrators from seven major referral hospitals in Shiraz, Bushehr, and Tehran, focusing on COVID-19 patients' complex conditions. The participants had a mean age of 46.6 ± 8.8 years. Data analysis was conducted using the grounded theory (Straussian approach). A total of 98 subthemes and 25 themes were identified during the data analysis process. Using axial and selective coding, we found that in the presence of contextual and causal conditions, the lack of hospital resilience was recognized as the core theme in the final model. Intervening conditions, strategies to overcome the challenges of hospital management, and the outcomes were identified. Iranian hospital administrators dealing with COVID-19 recognize the lack of hospital resilience as their main management obstacle. Non-resilient hospitals' response to crises with new management strategies can fail due to insufficient documentation and information sharing, leading to persistent problems. Prioritizing evidence-based strategies and sharing successful approaches from other healthcare systems can improve resilience. Nationwide guidelines will ensure equitable patient treatment and reduce lawsuits against physicians for resource-efficient use. Hospital resilience implementation in real-world settings is widely sought for evidence.

How might the implementation of a Sustainability Policy influencethe resilience of economic growth A Case of EU Taxonomy for SustainableActivities in Germany, Spain, and Italy

This paper examines how Sustainability Policy influences the resilience of economic growth in Germany, Spain, and Italy. By analyzing the Gross Domestic Product from 20217 to 2022, this paper finds that the three countries experienced economic growth after the pandemic. However, they have economic growth resilience of due to the amount of green investment in small and medium enterprises. The more enterprises and investments in the country, the more economic strength there is to resist the challenges of COVID-19 while contributing to the economic recovery. Interestingly, the analysis finds that policy synergies are linked to the strength of economic growth. This study emphasizes that governments need to align their policies with the EU Taxonomy to ensure their economic growth is both resilient and sustainable.

Multi-attribute-based procedure for seismic loss scenario in a historical area

AbstractSeismic events have shown to be exceedingly damaging to structures over time, with serious social and economic consequences. As a result, large-scale seismic risk assessments are essential for reducing the potential damage from future earthquakes. Therefore, the proposed study attempts to examine the vulnerability and risk of unreinforced masonry buildings (URM) placed in aggregate conditions in a historical area of the city centre of Lisbon. To this purpose, a comprehensive exposure model was developed combining satellite remote sensing, GIS software, and census data. Subsequently, seismic hazard was evaluated in the area, considering both Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) and macro-seismic intensity for different return periods (i.e. 2-50-100-475-975-2500-5000 years). Vulnerability was assessed by introducing a novel approach to earthquake risk assessment using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making methodologies. Specifically, the method employs the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) computational methods to evaluate parameter weights and vulnerability index. Damage scenarios, fragility curves and mean damage ratios curves were provided to offer an overview of the vulnerability of the assets exposed to risk. Finally, the expected consequences were evaluated in terms of direct economic losses showing an economic loss of 595 M€ for a 475-years return period, while 1108 M€ for 5000-years. This study significantly enhances seismic analysis for urban areas by introducing a Multi-Criteria Approach. This method simplifies vulnerability assessment, ensuring ease of application and reproducibility. Its insights offer valuable support for disaster risk management decisions, facilitating the implementation of resilience and risk-reduction strategies.

Operational resilience implementation: Challenges and opportunities for UK building societies

Operational resilience is the preparedness and existence of resilient IT systems, processes and resources to provide services continuously during a disruption. This study examines the operational resilience implementation challenges and opportunities for UK building societies and wider financial institutions. The key challenges are resource constraints, understanding regulatory requirements, supplier concerns, domain knowledge, legacy systems and manual-driven processes. Some challenges are being addressed with awareness and training, improved governance and risk management, recruitment and industry support networks. The opportunities include realising the actual state of IT systems, adopting cloud solutions, resources and capabilities, as well as improved domain knowledge and a better understanding of services and markets. Regulators need to be more explicit about their expectations and requirements, while the industry needs to collaborate on setting up common frames of reference for operational resilience frameworks. Lastly, the study provides a holistic view of operational resilience, including its implementation and management challenges, control measures and emerging opportunities.

Analysis of Factors Influencing Community Resilience during the (COVID)-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from China

Objectives: In this study, we explore the factors affecting community resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We adopted an extensive case study methodology and employed snowball sampling to select 10 typical interviewees for semi-structured interviews. Data collected were analyzed through reading, coding, thematic analysis, and classification to extract the key variables influencing community resilience implementation. Results: Organizational systems, volunteer engagements, and technological innovations play indispensable roles in enhancing urban community resilience. The organizational system emerges as the foundational framework underpinning the realization of community resilience. Proactive involvement in emergency volunteer services constitutes the actionable cornerstone for community resilience, effectively mitigating personnel shortages in community operations. Digital technologies emerge as pivotal enablers of technological prerequisites for community resilience, fostering seamless information dissemination among diverse stakeholders within the community. Conclusion: This study offers a compelling case study of a Chinese community's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The investigation reveals that 3 pivotal mechanisms – organizational systems, volunteer engagements, and technological innovations –assume indispensable roles in bolstering urban community resilience. The experiential insights gleaned from China's response to major public health emergencies offer invaluable lessons for the advancement of community resilience initiatives worldwide.

Translating resilience research to political practice – The case of the German Resilience Strategy

There is a gap between research in disaster resilience and the implementation of resilience via political strategies. This paper uses three frameworks from resilience research to analyse the 2022 German Resilience Strategy as a case study. It answers two questions: Does the German Resilience Strategy reflect resilience understandings from research and what are its strengths and shortcomings? Are such resilience frameworks useful for analysing political documents and what are their strengths and shortcomings? The resilience frameworks are Bruneau et al.’s 4Rs of resilience, Hollnagel's four cornerstones of resilience, and Thoma et al.’s resilience cycle. The paper uses qualitative content analysis to interpret the 345 recommendations for measures of the Strategy. The results show that the Strategy lives up to a holistic definition of resilience. It implicitly also embraces a complexity-informed understanding of resilience, but risks losing sight on adaptive capacity due to its broadness. The Strategy focuses on natural hazards, although it officially follows the all-hazard approach. There is a lack of recommendations on individual and societal disaster recovery. The three resilience frameworks are applicable for analysing political strategies. The 4Rs of resilience framework has a blind spot with respect to unknown disruptions. The four cornerstones of resilience framework bases on an innovative resilience conception and could be useful for disaster studies if it was more thoroughly translated to the latter's specifics. The resilience cycle framework is limited due to its cyclical approach, and it entails prevention, which is not part of resilience.

Exploring the Implementation of Safety Resilience Assessment in Industries: A Systematic Literature Review

Safety Resilience discusses how a work process can run properly not only aims at preventing adverse events, but also increasing work productivity and effectiveness by increasing resilience. The concept of resilience has been widely suggested as safety management due to its ability to support organizations to continue operating even when facing unexpected demands or scale disruptions by improving their day-to-day performance. This study used a systematic literature review to explore the implementation of safety resilience in various industries. The results showed that 50% of articles used the Resilience Assessment Grid instrument to measure safety resilience in the workplace. In brief, increased safety resilience positively improves work performance and organizational safety.

Spatial-temporal evolution of driving mechanisms of city resilience: A Sichuan-based case study

The rapid development of urbanization has brought a series of challenges to cities, including a shortage of resources, environmental pollution, social inequality and escalating disaster risks. Cities, especially those in underdeveloped regions, are more vulnerable because they face multiple challenges and pressures. Thus, in developing countries, and in particular in China’s western region, which has experienced more intense urbanization, the implementation of city resilience is especially crucial. Representative of China’s western region, Sichuan Province, was the first province to issue an outline of local practice planning, styled "Beautiful China Construction." Sichuan is thus a pioneering venture in China’s effort to develop city resilience. Presently, however, existing literature on resilience governance has targeted developed regions, which is of limited application in developing countries and regions. Therefore, this study adopts a multi-dimensional and multi-method research design, aimed at bringing to light the key dimensions of city resilience, and analyzing the degree to which these align with China’s “Beautiful Sichuan Policy.” The results reveal that: (1) During the period from 2015 to 2021, city resilience showed an obvious upward trend, stability has been enhanced, relative variability has decreased, there is a radiation effect among cities, and a right-skewed uneven distribution is observed. (2) The spatial distribution of city resilience is unbalanced, with Chengdu and Panzhihua experiencing a relatively high level of resilience, while other areas remain relatively low. (3) City resilience is influenced by many interacting factors. Economic recovery ability, the level of urban development, policies and institutions, and infrastructure development have different degrees of positive impacts. However, sewage discharge levels have different effects on city resilience over time. These research results provide important theoretical support and policy references regarding city resilience construction practice and city resilience research.

Strategies for enhancing global supply chain resilience to climate change

This review paper addresses the critical need for enhancing resilience within global supply chains against climate change impacts. It systematically explores strategies for identifying and assessing risks, adapting supply chain practices, fostering collaborative efforts among stakeholders, and leveraging policy and regulatory support. The study highlights the financial, technological, and regulatory challenges impeding resilience implementation, emphasizing the exacerbating effect of global inequalities. Recommendations for businesses, policymakers, and international bodies are provided to facilitate the effective implementation of resilience strategies. The paper calls for future research focusing on empirical validation of these strategies, integrating long-term climate projections, and exploring social dimensions within supply chain resilience. This comprehensive approach aims to bolster global supply chains against climate-induced disruptions, contributing to sustainable economic stability and community well-being. Keywords: Climate Change, Global Supply Chains, Resilience Strategies, Risk Management, Collaboration, Policy Support.

A view from the eye of the storm: An analytic autoethnographic account of ventilator procurement during COVID-19 first wave

An unprecedented spike in the demand for ventilators during the first wave of the COVID-19 caused significant disruption to the global supply and demand chain of medical devices. The characteristics of the disruption forced the Irish national health service to deviate from an established purchasing process as it pursued its objective of securing the delivery of ventilators for its ICUs. Utilising analytical autoethnography, this study presents a narrative account of the lead author's experiences (as a clinical procurement director) during the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis, with the objective of analysing the improvised resilient response of the medical device procurement function of the national health service. Incorporating process analysis to shape the narrative, four process deviations are identified and analysed using organisational mindfulness. The study provides a rich insight for practitioners and researchers into the realities of crisis response, with specific contributions to the field of resilience implementation through organisational mindfulness.

Response of soil nitrogen mineralization to warming temperatures depends on soil management history

Rising global temperatures have the potential to increase soil nitrogen (N) mineralization from soil organic matter (SOM). By increasing SOM over time, management practices that increase SOM through the addition of soil amendments, such as compost, have been recognized as effective strategies for mitigating the effects of climate change and building resilience in agricultural ecosystems. However, the effects of these strategies on temperature-induced changes to soil N cycling are unclear, particularly when soils are managed to increase SOM. To determine how agricultural management history and compost amendments affect net N mineralization, net nitrification, and nitrous oxide (N2O) production, we performed a laboratory incubation of soils with two distinct agricultural management histories under three incubation temperatures. Three compost treatments (green-waste compost, food-waste compost, and no compost) were applied, each with and without the addition of synthetic urea fertilizer. We found that organically managed soil exhibited higher rates of net N mineralization and nitrification than conventionally managed soil, leading to greater nitrate production. The rate of N mineralization in organically managed soil was also more sensitive to temperature increases. Although compost addition stimulated microbial activity, it did not affect the N-cycling processes measured in this study at any temperature. Therefore, the implementation of climate change resilience and mitigation strategies aimed at augmenting stocks of soil carbon may render agricultural soils more susceptible to increased N mineralization and subsequent losses under warming, particularly if plant uptake of the mineralized N does not occur concurrently. Moreover, the effects of compost application to stimulate the immobilization of excess N is likely limited in soils with low background C.

Implementing Strategic Resilience Through Cooperation Projects with Start-ups: a Multiple Case Study

Strategic resilience is the capacity of organizations to proactively transform and renew through innovation to minimize the effects of unknown future crises. In this context, we know that cooperation plays an essential role as an external innovation strategy, and cooperation projects with start-ups related to innovation are one specific way to implement strategic change. However, research does not provide deeper insights into the process, outcomes, and success conditions of such projects. To help fill this research gap, we use the cases of two established firms using cooperation projects with start-ups related to innovation to enhance their strategic resilience. Based on an in-depth empirical investigation, we developed a framework that describes the specifics of those cooperation projects along their course (i.e., before cooperation, entry-phase into cooperation, during cooperation, and after cooperation) and resulting direct and indirect resilience benefits for the established firms. Thereby, the relationship quality (i.e., balance between formal and informal procedures, improvisation mindset, and appreciation and prioritization) turned out to be a central condition for resilience to emerge from those projects. Our framework illustrates how strategic resilience can arise from cooperation projects with start-ups related to innovation and which factors are particularly important in this context. It thus can be used as a guideline for the successful implementation of strategic resilience in practice as well as a basis for future research on the role of cooperation in strategic resilience.

Resilience to disruptions: the role of regional soft spaces

ABSTRACT A soft spaces lens enables a nuanced perspective on regional resilience governance to disruptions. Focusing on COVID-19, this article illuminates comparative insights into resilience governance in England and how the regional soft spaces of local resilience forums differentially experienced this momentous disruptive event. The pandemic has exposed the limited ability of these regional soft spaces to enhance resilience to disruptions and thus narrow the resilience implementation gap. This article contributes to theory and practice on the tensions and opportunities to progress resilience governance through regional soft spaces amid an evolving policy landscape post-pandemic.

Design and Evaluation of a Power Analysis Resilient Implementation of Piccolo-80 Lightweight Encryption Algorithm

Design and Evaluation of a Power Analysis Resilient Implementation of Piccolo-80 Lightweight Encryption Algorithm

Business Resilience and Creative Economy Post COVID-19

This study aimed to shed light on the urgency of nurturing business resilience and creative economy in developing the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) through an Islamic economics approach post the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (commonly known as COVID-19) pandemic. It is driven by the downturn of MSMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic. MSMEs themselves are the foundation of community’s economic stability. Thus, the effect of MSMEs’ downturn is heartily felt by the community. In the study of Islamic economics itself, a system of alleviating economic downturn is a necessity along with the system of justice and equity. Based on this problem, this literature-based study critically examines the position of Islamic economy in the implementation of business resilience and creative economy in restoring the dignity of MSMEs post COVID-19 pandemic viewed from maqāṣid sharī’ah (purposes of Islamic law) perspective. The findings show that strengthening MSMEs post COVID-19 pandemic fits both the creative economy and Islamic economic models and is in line with maqāṣid sharī’ah, especially with ḥifẓ al-nafs (preserving one’s soul) and ḥifẓ al-māl (preserving one’s wealth).

Smart monitoring solution through internet of things utilization to achieve resilient preservation

Despite the theoretical benefits of utilizing technology to support resilience in smart cities, however there is a need to validate its application on heritage buildings and communities to transform the traditional preservation process into a smart monitoring and maintenance process. Thus, this paper aims to develop and validate a novel framework for resilient preservation that integrates resilience with innovative technology then design a smart solution to work as a tool for transforming heritage buildings into smart buildings. To achieve this, number of research methods have been adopted: Firstly, literature of theoretical background, to identify the value of heritage buildings and the characteristics of resilience technique to preserve smart buildings. Secondly, defining the roles of specific technologies to practically implement resilience by providing the results of an interview survey of the observations of 54 professionals working in related fields. Thirdly, propose a solution for smart monitoring of several factors that influence degradation of heritage buildings and increase the efficiency and adaptability of the resilient preservation process, through the help of an extensive discussions that were held with staff members of the second-largest software company worldwide. The results are a novel validated framework for smart heritage buildings that integrate resilience technique with historic building information modeling and internet of things to work as a tool for the practical implementation of resilience in the preservation process, then applying the framework attributes to work as inputs for the proposed solution to maximize the benefits and automatically apply the theories with high accuracy and long-term efficiency.

Social services as critical infrastructure – conceptualising and studying the operational core of the social investment state

‘Social investment’ as an idea to justify social policy reforms has become more and more accepted in recent years and has decisively shaped agenda setting and policy formulation in European welfare states. The effectiveness of this new welfare state model, however, depends highly on the capacity to provide social services. Social services – job training, counselling and support for care work – are a key component of the social investment model. Drawing on the policy capacity approach, the article provides an analytical framework to study the ‘operational core’ of the social investment state. This implementation perspective allows us to assess whether governance actors actually have the resources to fulfil the social investment idea of enhancing citizens’ freedom to act. Empirically, the article concentrates on two selected European welfare states, Germany and France, countries with similar welfare systems but very different politico-administrative systems, and on two fields of social service provision that are addressed differently in the social investment debate: early childhood education and care (ECEC) and elderly care. Empirically, we use systematic content analysis to intensively study policy documents and secondary analyses. We show that both countries (still) lack policy capacities in these two sectors as a basis for resilient implementation of the social investment paradigm.

Creating a Statistical Analysis Plan to Continually Evaluate Intervention Adaptations that Arise in Real-World Implementation.

Evidence-based health interventions are frequently translated into real-world settings where practical needs drive changes to intervention protocols. Due to logistical and resource constraints, these naturally arising adaptations are rarely assessed for comparative effectiveness using a randomized trial. Nevertheless, when observational data are available, it is still possible to identify beneficial adaptations using statistical methods that adjust for differences among intervention groups. As implementation continues and more data are collected and assessed, we also require analysis methods that ensure low statistical error rates as multiple comparisons are made over time. This paper describes how to create a statistical analysis plan for evaluating adaptations to an intervention during ongoing implementation. This can be done by combining methods commonly used in platform clinical trials with methods used for real-world data. We also demonstrate how to use simulations based on previous data to decide the frequency with which to conduct statistical analyses. The illustration uses data from large-scale implementation of a school-based resilience and skill-building preventive intervention to which several adaptations were made. The proposed statistical analysis plan for evaluating the school-based intervention has potential to improve population-level outcomes as implementation scales up further and additional adaptations are anticipated.

Family Resilience of MSMEs Traders after Toll Road Operation at Pasar Bengkel: Islamic Family Law Perspective

This paper aims at seeking how the implementation of family resilience among MSMEs traders after the toll road operation in the view of Islamic family law. This research is empirical legal research with a legal sociology approach. Sources of data were taken from interviews with MSMEs traders and qualitative methods were used to analyze it. The results show that the operation of the Medan-Kualanamu-TebingTinggi toll road affects the economic income of merchant families, the resilience of merchant families is still relatively strong in the view of Islamic family law. This condition was marked by reaching their resilience in terms of aspects of marriage legality, household integrity, fulfillment of rights and obligations, and aspects of conflict management. The efforts made by the families of MSMEs traders after the operation of the Medan-Kualanamu-TebingTinggi toll road maintain family resilience including finding their jobs to cover their lack of income, being open about financial problems and maintaining good communication between family members. Whereas in general the concept of family resilience is still being implemented among MSMEs traders at Pasar Bengkel even though affected by the toll road operation.

A Framework for Resilient City Governance in Response to Sudden Weather Disasters: A Perspective Based on Accident Causation Theories

With climate change, urban resilience is becoming a critical concept for helping cities withstand disasters and accidents. However, current research often focuses on concept identification, leaving a gap between concept and implementation. This study aims to investigate the lack of urban resilience in the face of sudden weather disasters, with a focus on the inadequate capacity of urban systems to effectively govern such events. The Zhengzhou subway flooding accident on 20 July 2021, serves as a case study for this research, and the accident causation theories, such as the Swiss cheese model, Surry’s accident model, and trajectory intersection theory are used to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the accident’s causes. Through this analysis, the paper identifies vulnerabilities in the natural, technical, and man-made systems of the urban system, and reveals deficiencies in four aspects of urban resilience: natural, technological, institutional, and organizational. Based on this analysis, the study proposes a resilient city governance framework that integrates the “Natural-Technical-Man-made” systems, offers relevant recommendations for urban resilience governance, and discusses potential challenges to urban resilience implementation.