Development and testing of a community flood resilience measurement tool

Keating, Adriana; Campbell, Karen; Szoenyi, Michael; McQuistan, Colin; Nash, David; Burer, Meinrad

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-77-2017

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26 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 26 Jan 2017

Development and testing of a community flood resilience measurement tool

Adriana Keating, Karen Campbell, Michael Szoenyi, Colin McQuistan, David Nash, and Meinrad Burer

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RC1: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Author response to reviewer 1', Adriana Keating, 31 Oct 2016
RC2: 'comment on “Development and testing of a community flood resilience measurement tool” by A. Keating et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Oct 2016
- AC2: 'Author response to reviewer 2', Adriana Keating, 31 Oct 2016

Short summary

Despite a proliferation of resilience measurement frameworks, empirical evidence for them is scant. This article presents a framework and tool for measuring community flood resilience, being tested in 75 communities in 8 countries. Eighty-eight indicators or sources of resilience are collected. If a flood occurs, outcome measures are recorded. By comparing pre-flood characteristics to post-flood outcomes, we aim to empirically verify sources of resilience, something which has never been done.