Community and Regional Resilience Institute (CARRI)
The Community and Regional Resilience Institute (CARRI) is dedicated to research and practical application across the full continuum of prevention, protection, response and recovery to enhance the resilience of communities and regions. CARRI seeks to assist the nation in developing an accepted, common framework for community and regional resilience that integrates the full suite of community resources into a coherent resilience pathway so that the community can get back on its feet following a natural or man-made disaster as quickly as possible.
CARRI began as an “initiative” in 2007 and is a collaborative effort between the Department of Homeland Security (Science and Technology Directorate), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Savannah River National Laboratory, and a number of academic institutions. Early CARRI activities included the engagement of a diverse collection of individuals, organizations, and government entities – with a charge to learn all that we could about the condition and path of community resiliency. While our efforts were productive and worthwhile we soon recognized that an accurate understanding of the interdependencies and connections between communities could not be achieved without the involvement of actual communities. Three communities in the Southeastern United States joined the CARRI team and brought with them an abundance of knowledge, first-hand experience, and remarkable compassion for their societies and citizens. CARRI is designed to combine community engagement activities with research activities; our Research Team is diverse and generates an interdisciplinary array of knowledge that is unsurpassed.
Point of Contact:
Warren C. Edwards, Director
Community and Regional Resilience Institute
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Post Office Box 2008, MS-6242
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6242
Telephone: (865) 574-8277
Facsimile: (865) 574-8162
Email: edwardswc@ornl.gov
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