Big Data & Resilience: Linkages and Implications for Resilience Measurement

What are the links between Big Data and Resilience? What are the implications for resilience measurement practitioners?

Sustainable land management and climate resilience require innovative approaches to data
management and analysis that allow users to draw connections across disciplines and scales.The
widespread adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has been accompanied by
a rapid emergence of Big Data, distributed computing, and machine learning which will enable new ways
of analysing, visualizing and learning about resilience. Examining Big Data with a ‘resilience lens’ could
help practitioners understand opportunities to enhance resilience programming.

This webinar will examine the key challenges and opportunities emerging at the intersection of Big Data and resilience measurement, including the experience of Conservation International’s Resilience Atlas—an analytical
tool designed to allow decision makers to prioritize adaptation and sustainable development interventions and investments based on data and scientific evidence from the entire socio-environmental system. (http://www.resilienceatlas.org). The webinar will also offer participants an opportunity to engage in a new collaborative initiative at the intersection of Big Data and resilience.