Perspectives and Propositions on Resilience as Interdisciplinary, Multilevel, and Interdependent
Abstract
The concept of resilience is surging in popularity, but relevant discussions are often disconnected from one field to another. To prompt integration of disparate conversations on resilience, we examine the concept’s origins etymologically, genealogically, and by analyzing the interdependencies of drinking water and public health systems in six academic disciplines and practice-oriented fields. These disciplines are engineering, social work, urban studies, political science, communication, and public health. While the disciplinary resilience literatures are relatively stove-piped from one another’s contexts, they all theorize resilience at multiple levels of analysis. They also engage a range of understandings of how to build resilience in complex systems. This paper brings several conversations together, addressing gaps and resonances in disciplinary conceptualizations of resilience with nine propositions to cultivate interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discussions and debates. We ground this creative inquiry in real-world examples of water system crises to highlight subthemes among the propositions and stimulate more diverse discussions moving forward. We examine dynamics of interfaces and interactions within and between systems through the Elk River Water chemical contamination in Charleston, West Virginia in 2014. We investigate tensions that arise in knowledge and practice through lead poisoning of public water systems in Washington, DC and Flint, MI. Finally, we consider how change and persistence shape learning through water infrastructure in Southern California. All together, these propositions offer a starting point and a provocation to strengthen theorizing around resilience for critical infrastructure systems.
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Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank Eduardo Piqueiras, Nancy Love, and Jackie MacDonald Gibson for their input on early conceptions and drafts of this article. We also wish to thank three anonymous reviewers, the Associate Editor, and Dr. Louise Comfort, who thoughtfully and thoroughly engaged with and pushed our thinking and articulation in this paper. This work was developed as part of the Water and Health Infrastructure Resilience and Learning (WHIRL) project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. CBET-1832692. We are grateful for feedback provided by other WHIRL collaborators that enhanced this work. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NSF.
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Volume 24 • Issue 3 • August 2023
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Published online: Mar 24, 2023
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