Capacity
Capacity is often used in an interchangeable way with Capability.
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Definitions
Other International Definitions
UNISDR/IPCC
{{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. [1]
National Definitions
United Kingdom (UK)
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
See also
Notes
- ↑ 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction
- ↑ UNISDR glossary
- ↑ UNISDR glossary
- ↑ UNISDR glossary
- ↑ UNISDR glossary
- ↑ The National Adaptation Programme: Making the country resilient to a changing climate, UK Government (2013)
- ↑ 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.