Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1151-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1151-2019
Research article
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17 Jun 2019
Research article |  | 17 Jun 2019

Towards measuring resilience of flood-prone communities: a conceptual framework

Victor O. Oladokun and Burrell E. Montz

Data sets

American fact finders [Online] US Census Bureau https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml

Geography and Climate Pitt County Development Commision http://locateincarolina.com/geography-climate/

Short summary
Community resilience is an important policy and research concept. However, lack of an operational measurement framework exists due to difficulties in systematically integrating socioeconomic and techno-ecological factors. A conceptual and mathematical model was developed and a fuzzy logic equivalent of the model implemented to generate a resilience index for three communities in the US. This model offers a viable approach for measuring community flood resilience despite data limitations.
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