Measures of Community Resilience for Local Decision Makers: Proceedings of a Workshop (2017)

Chapter: Appendix B Approaches and Indexes for Building Resilience

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Approaches and Indexes for Building Resilience." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Measures of Community Resilience for Local Decision Makers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21911.
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Approaches and Indexes for Building Resilience." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Measures of Community Resilience for Local Decision Makers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21911.

TABLE B-1 Top Down Approaches and Indexes for Building Resilience

TOP DOWN Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) – United Nations DFID Interagency Group San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association (SPUR) Baseline Resilience Indicator for Communities (BRIC) ResilUS PEOPLES Resilience Network
Purpose Prioritize risk reduction (RR) in communities Shows what a disaster resilient community might look like Measure ability to recover from earthquakes Measure overall pre-existing community resilience Recovery over time of critical services and community capital Holistic framework for designing and measuring resilience
Target categories Institutions and actions promoting risk reduction, preparedness, response Governance; risk assessment; knowledge and education; risk management; disaster preparedness and response Buildings and infrastructure, services restoration Infrastructure, ecosystems, institutions, economic, social, community capacity Ability to perform; opportunity to perform of critical infrastructure Population; environment; government services; physical infrastructure; lifestyle; economic; sociocultural capital
Scale? Who measures? Hazards? National Local, national Local, earthquakes Local, national comparisons Local, earthquake case study Local, no case study
Quantitative or Qualitative? Qualitative Qualitative Semi-quantitative Quantitative Quantitative Quantitative, Qualitative
Costs to measure $$ $$ $$ $ $$ $$$
Infosources Existing institutional reported info Local, field work, interviews Existing engineering info Academic research and community info Academic research Academic research
Additional Information https://www.unisdr.org/we/coordinate/hfa http://practicalaction.org/docs/ia1/community-characteristics-en-lowres.pdf http://www.spur.org/ http://webra.cas.sc.edu/hvri/feature/docs/BRIC_Fact_Sheet.pdf https://huxley.wwu.edu/ri/resilus http://peoplesresilience.org/

SOURCE: Presentation by Dr. Susan Cutter on “The Landscape of Resilience Measures” to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, September 5, 2014, Washington, DC

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Approaches and Indexes for Building Resilience." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Measures of Community Resilience for Local Decision Makers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21911.

TABLE B-2 Bottom Up Approaches and Indexes for Building Resilience

BOTTOM UP NOAA Coastal Resilience Index Communities Advancing Resilience Toolkit (CART) Toolkit for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE)
Purpose Help community predict if they will function well after disaster Enhance community resilience through planning and action Help communities bolster health outcomes
Target categories Critical infrastructure and facilities; transportation; community plans; mitigation measures; business plans; social systems Connection and caring, resources, transformative potential, disaster management Communities of color to remedy health disparities
Scale? Who measures? Hazards? Local; bottom-up Local; bottom-up Local; bottom-up and top-down
Hazard specific? Adaptable to community’s hazards All hazards No
Quantitative or Qualitative? Qualitative Qualitative Semi-quantitative
Costs to measure $ $$ $
Infosources Existing community info Existing community info, surveys, key informant interviews Academic research and community info
Additional Information http://masgc.org/assets/uploads/publications/662/coastal_community_resilience_index.pdf https://www.oumedicine.com/docs/ad-psychiatry-workfiles/cart_online-final_042012.pdf?sfvrsn=2 https://www.preventioninstitute.org/tools/thrive-tool-health-resilience-vulnerable-environments

SOURCE: Presentation by Dr. Susan Cutter on “The Landscape of Resilience Measures” to the Academies, September 5, 2014, Washington, DC

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Approaches and Indexes for Building Resilience." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Measures of Community Resilience for Local Decision Makers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21911.

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Approaches and Indexes for Building Resilience." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Measures of Community Resilience for Local Decision Makers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21911.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Approaches and Indexes for Building Resilience." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Measures of Community Resilience for Local Decision Makers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21911.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Approaches and Indexes for Building Resilience." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Measures of Community Resilience for Local Decision Makers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21911.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Approaches and Indexes for Building Resilience." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Measures of Community Resilience for Local Decision Makers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21911.
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