An ad hoc planning committee will organize a one-day public workshop focused on the kinds of indicators that exist for measuring resilience, and which resilience indicators communities might use and why. The workshop will use as a foundation for discussion the four broad types of resilience indicators identified in the NRC (2012) report Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative:
· measures of the ability of critical infrastructure to recover from impacts;
· social factors that enhance or limit a community’s ability to recover;
· the ability of built infrastructure to withstand impacts of disasters; and
· factors that capture special needs of individuals and groups.

The workshop will emphasize ways to transfer the concepts of resilience measures as presented in the report into practical actions that communities can implement at the local level. The committee will plan and organize the workshop, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. An individually-authored workshop summary will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.