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Guide Brief 2 - Identify Social Institutions

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Author(s)

Community Resilience Program NIST

Abstract

This Guide Brief provides additional rationale and guidance regarding Step 2 in the Guide—“Understand the Situation” —for how to “Identify Social Institutions”. The primary intended audience is the social dimensions work group of the collaborative planning team. The data can be used in discussions with representatives of local organizations, as well as working with local experts on community databases and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - SP1190-GB-2
Report Number
SP1190-GB-2
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

resilience, community resilience planning guide
Structural engineering and Disaster and failure studies

Citation

Program, C. (2016), Guide Brief 2 - Identify Social Institutions, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1190GB-2 (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created September 30, 2016, Updated November 10, 2018
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