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Appendix B Approaches and Indexes for Building Resilience
Pages 33-36

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... Purpose Help community predict if Enhance community resilience Help communities bolster they will function well after through planning and action health outcomes disaster Target categories Critical infrastructure and Connection and caring, Communities of color to facilities; transportation; resources, transformative remedy health disparities community plans; mitigation potential, disaster management measures; business plans; social systems Scale? Who measures?
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