Unraveling the complexities of disaster management: A framework for critical social infrastructure to promote population health and resilience

► Micro-level analysis of the complexity of disaster management to protect the health of high risk populations in Canada. ► Presentation of an empirically-derived Framework for Critical Social Infrastructure for Population Health and Resilience. ► Action recommendations that identify target points for intervention to enhance community resilience. ► Identification of soft system inputs which influence community capacity, collaboration, awareness and adaptive response.