Quantifying coastal system resilience Sample Clauses

Quantifying coastal system resilience. In a further adaptation and extension of the Xxxxxxx/Xxxxx xxxxx, Xxxxxxx et al. (2012) provide a breakdown of the different stages of the resilience process. Shown in Figure 8, Q∞ represents the performance objective. If a disturbance of magnitude m causes system performance to drop to q, the result is a performance impairment of d. The (predefined) critical performance impairment level d*m is surpassed, and rs represents the time between the event and the return to the critical performance level q*m.
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