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A critical review of selected tools for assessing community resilience
- Source :
- Ecological Indicators. 69:629-647
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- The concept of resilience is increasingly used in academic and policy circles. To operationalize this concept and reduce the ambiguities surrounding it, since the turn of the century, various resilience assessment methodologies have been introduced. This paper provides a critical review of 36 selected community resilience assessment tools. These tools have been developed by a variety of entities, including national and local organizations, international donor organizations, and academic researchers. First, an overview of the selected tools is presented. This overview analysis shows that while some commonalities exist, there are also considerable differences between the tools. Next, based on literature review, an analytical framework is developed that identifies six criteria for evaluating performance of resilience assessment tools. These are, namely, addressing multiple dimensions of resilience, accounting for cross-scale relationships, capturing temporal dynamism, addressing uncertainties, employing participatory approaches, and developing action plans. Results show that limited success has been achieved in addressing these criteria. In terms of comprehensiveness, the environmental dimension has received relatively less attention in spite of its significance for building community resilience. Further improvements are needed to account for dynamics over time and across space. More attention to employing iterative processes that involve scenario-based planning is needed to better address challenges associated with uncertainties. Results also show that more attention needs to be paid to stakeholder participation in developing assessment tools. The paper concludes by highlighting several other areas of weakness that need to be addressed and discussing major challenges that still remain.
- Subjects :
- Computer science
0211 other engineering and technologies
General Decision Sciences
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Multiple time dimensions
Indicators
Dynamism
Resilience (network)
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Decision Sciences(all)
Measurement
021110 strategic, defence & security studies
Community resilience
Operationalization
Ecology
business.industry
Environmental resource management
Stakeholder
Citizen journalism
Assessment tool
Criteria
Uncertainties
Variety (cybernetics)
Risk analysis (engineering)
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1470160X
- Volume :
- 69
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ecological Indicators
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d315393798a929a64a0ce8b7359658f5