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  • A collaborative research project to measure inherent resilience in Buffalo N.Y.

Inherent Resilience

While snowstorms are not an uncommon phenomenon in Buffalo, this particular event had long-lasting disastrous consequences. This case study begins by exploring how pre-disaster conditions, or inherent resilience, across socioeconomic and infrastructure domains, foster resilience through an extensive literature review.