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Chris Knight

Chris has embarked on an epic journey. He is walking the length of the Ganges river from source to sea. He began his walk at the end of October 2014 and expects it to take approximately 6 months. You can follow his journey at www.walkingtheganges.com.

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What is Resilience?

Put simply resilience is the ability of a system to absorb shock and carry on performing the function that it was designed to do. The system can be anything from global supply chains to individual houses, from transport networks to local allotments. Resilience is a response to the realisation that we have designed our world to work well, so long as nothing changes very much. Our trains run unless there is bad weather, our energy supplies are secure unless there is an earthquake and our communities hang together until there is cause to riot.

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Good to share? Efficiency drive in US te...
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An increasing trend towards consolidation and sharing of infrastructure in the US tel...

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Guest Articles, Biodiversity, Communities

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Guest Articles

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Communities

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Biodiversity, Communities

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General

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General

The impacts of the global financial crash are still being felt around the world. But ...

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Cities

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The grand surroundings of the British Medical Association's central London headquarte...

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Cities, Biodiversity, Communities, Transport, Energy, Food

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Cities

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Get Resilient is a web-magazine dedicated to articles on the concept of resilience. It shares insights and ideas that have the potential to change the way we live and create a world that is responsive to shock and is able to rebuild and transform.

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