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{{definition|Capacity – A combination of all the strengths and resources available within a community, society or organization that can reduce the level of risk, or the effects of a disaster. <ref>[http://www.oecd.org/env/cc/36736773.pdf ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: KEY TERMS, E. Levina and D. Terpak, OECD (2006) - derived from (UN/ISDR, 2004)]</ref>}}<br /><br/> | {{definition|Capacity – A combination of all the strengths and resources available within a community, society or organization that can reduce the level of risk, or the effects of a disaster. <ref>[http://www.oecd.org/env/cc/36736773.pdf ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: KEY TERMS, E. Levina and D. Terpak, OECD (2006) - derived from (UN/ISDR, 2004)]</ref>}}<br /><br/> | ||
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+ | {{definition|Capacity is defined as: the ability of people, organizations and society as a whole to manage their affairs successfully. <ref>[https://www.un.cv/files/5%20How%20to%20Prepare%20an%20UNDAF%20(Part%20II).pdf How to Prepare an UNDAF: Part (II), UN Development Group]</ref>}}''Capacity development'' is defined as the process whereby people, organizations and society as a whole unleash, strengthen, create, adapt and maintain capacity over time.<br /><br/> | ||
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{{definition|Capacity: The combination of all the strengths, attributes and resources available within a community, society or organization that can be used to achieve agreed goals. <ref>[http://unisdr.org/files/7817_UNISDRTerminologyEnglish.pdf 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction]</ref>}}<br/> | {{definition|Capacity: The combination of all the strengths, attributes and resources available within a community, society or organization that can be used to achieve agreed goals. <ref>[http://unisdr.org/files/7817_UNISDRTerminologyEnglish.pdf 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction]</ref>}}<br/> | ||
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{{definition|Capacity is the ability to evaluate and care for a markedly increased volume of patients—one that challenges or exceeds normal operating capacity. The surge requirements may extend beyond direct patient care to include such tasks as extensive laboratory studies or epidemiological investigations. <ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~icdrm/publications/PDF/GLOSSARY%20-%20Emergency%20Management%20ICDRM%2030%20JUNE%2010.pdf ICDRM/GWU Emergency Management Glossary of Terms. The Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management (ICDRM) at the George Washington University, Washington DC.]</ref>}}<br /> | {{definition|Capacity is the ability to evaluate and care for a markedly increased volume of patients—one that challenges or exceeds normal operating capacity. The surge requirements may extend beyond direct patient care to include such tasks as extensive laboratory studies or epidemiological investigations. <ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~icdrm/publications/PDF/GLOSSARY%20-%20Emergency%20Management%20ICDRM%2030%20JUNE%2010.pdf ICDRM/GWU Emergency Management Glossary of Terms. The Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management (ICDRM) at the George Washington University, Washington DC.]</ref>}}<br /> | ||
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===== The Aspin Institute ===== | ===== The Aspin Institute ===== |
Revision as of 17:27, 29 July 2017
Capacity is often used in an interchangeable way with Capability.
Contents
Definitions
European Definitions
ENTSO-E
ENTSOG
EU JRC
Other International Definitions
IAEA
Capacity is defined relative to a specific metric.
OECD
UNDP
Capacity development is defined as the process whereby people, organizations and society as a whole unleash, strengthen, create, adapt and maintain capacity over time.
UNISDR/IPCC
National Definitions
Romania
Saint Lucia
Switzerland
United Kingdom (UK)
United States
Center for Disease Control
Standard Definition
ISO 22300:2012(en)
Note: Capacity can include physical, institutional, social, or economic means as well as skilled personnel or attributes such as leadership and management.
Other Definitions
CARICOM
Capacity may include infrastructure and physical means, institutions, societal coping abilities, as well as human knowledge, skills and collective attributes such as social relationships, leadership and management. Capacity also may be described as capability. Capacity assessment is a term for the process by which the capacity of a group is reviewed against desired goals, and the capacity gaps are identified for further action (UNISDR, 2009).
ICDRM/GWU
Academic Studies
The Aspin Institute
Chaskin (2001)
See also
- Capability
- Civil Protection
- Crisis
- Emergency Management
- S. Merino, I. de los RÃos Carmenado, Capacity Building in Development Projects, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 46, 2012, Pages 960-967, ISSN 1877-0428 [26],[27]
Notes
- ↑ ENTSO-E Glossary of Terms
- ↑ ENTSOG Glossary of Terms
- ↑ Definition of an assessment framework for projects of common interest in the field of smart grids, 2014
- ↑ IAEA - Nuclear Security Series Glossary Version 1.3 (November 2015)
- ↑ ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: KEY TERMS, E. Levina and D. Terpak, OECD (2006) - derived from (UN/ISDR, 2004)
- ↑ How to Prepare an UNDAF: Part (II), UN Development Group
- ↑ 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction
- ↑ UNISDR glossary
- ↑ UNISDR glossary
- ↑ UNISDR glossary
- ↑ UNISDR glossary
- ↑ UNISDR glossary in Bahasa
- ↑ UNISDR glossary in Malay
- ↑ GLOSAR de termeni din domeniul ordinii şi siguranţei publice, MINISTERUL ADMINISTRAŢIEI ŞI INTERNELOR DIRECŢIA GENERALĂ ORGANIZARE, PLANIFICARE MISIUNI ŞI RESURSE
- ↑ Disaster Risk Reduction Country Profile for Saint Lucia: August 2012
- ↑ Swiss Electricity Glossary
- ↑ Swissgrid glossary
- ↑ The National Adaptation Programme: Making the country resilient to a changing climate, UK Government (2013)
- ↑ OFGEM Glossary
- ↑ CDC Drinking water advisory communication toolbox
- ↑ ISO 22300:2012(en) Societal security — Terminology
- ↑ Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Regional Comprehensive Disaster Management Strategy and Results Framework 2014-2024
- ↑ ICDRM/GWU Emergency Management Glossary of Terms. The Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management (ICDRM) at the George Washington University, Washington DC.
- ↑ MEASURING COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING, The Aspen Institute
- ↑ Chaskin (2001)
- ↑ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.05.231
- ↑ Article