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Community Resilience

Community resilience is a measure of the sustained ability of a community to utilize available resources to respond to, withstand, and recover from adverse situations. RAND has implemented and evaluated community resilience-building activities worldwide and identified opportunities to integrate the non-profit and for-profit sectors in public health and emergency preparedness, infrastructure protection, and the development of economic recovery programs.

Research conducted by: RAND Gulf States Policy Institute; RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment; RAND Health; The Displaced New Orleans Residents Survey

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Resilient Communities: Building Strong Communities Through Affordable Housing

In this Resilient Communities podcast, we hear from Heather Schwartz, a policy researcher based in RAND's New Orleans office who studies the effects of integrating low- and middle-income families on the school experiences of children from low-income families.

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The Path of Greatest Resilience — Aug 15, 2002

Given the continuing threat of terrorist activity in the United States, it is important for U.S. leaders to promote a national sense of psychological resilience.