Shock
Anticipate, react, recover; Resilient infrastructure systems, published by the National Infrastructure Commission in May 2020, defines shock as: ‘A sudden, unexpected event that puts pressure on infrastructure systems.’
Glossary: Resilience, published by the Department for International Development in 2016, defines shocks as: ‘External short-term deviations from long-term trends that have substantial negative effects on people’s current state of well-being, level of assets, livelihoods, or safety, or their ability to withstand future shocks.’
The word shock might also refer to:
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