Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to indicate a possible measure of resilience of a local society. The
concepts of resilience versus vulnerability are discussed. Two dimensions of resilience are considered:
the first one, related to a security system organized by local authority and defined in the paper as
systemic barriers and the second one, connected with a subjective possible reaction of population to
a hazardous event defined as supplementary barriers. In the research of features of supplementary
barriers thei… Show more
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