The conjoint community resiliency assessment measure as a baseline for profiling and predicting community resilience for emergencies

Community resilience is a term that describes the community's ability to function amidst crises or disruptions. Community resilience is perceived as a fundamental element in emergency preparedness and as a mean of ensuring social stability in the face of crises, including disasters. However, th...

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Published inTechnological forecasting & social change Vol. 80; no. 9; pp. 1732 - 1741
Main Authors Cohen, Odeya, Leykin, Dima, Lahad, Mooli, Goldberg, Avishay, Aharonson-Daniel, Limor
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Elsevier Inc 01.11.2013
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Adaptability
Attachment
Community
Community resilience
Crises
Decision Making
Disasters
Emergency preparedness
Emergency response
Leadership
Management of crises
Regression analysis
Resilience
Risk Factors
Studies
Trust
CCRAM
Emergency preparedness
Community resilience
Emergency response
CR
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Summary:Community resilience is a term that describes the community's ability to function amidst crises or disruptions. Community resilience is perceived as a fundamental element in emergency preparedness and as a mean of ensuring social stability in the face of crises, including disasters. However, there is a paucity of empiric evidence for this conjecture. This paper demonstrates the use of the Conjoint Community Resilience Assessment Measurement (CCRAM) for estimating the ability of a community to be resilient in the face of disaster. Six factors of community resilience were identified based on a study conducted in nine small to medium size towns (N=886): Leadership, collective efficacy, preparedness, place attachment, social trust and social relationship. Multiple logistic regressions yielded the CCRAM protective factors for perceived community resilience. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis confirmed the quality of the CCRAM as a diagnostic tool for perceived community resilience. The CCRAM tool is presented as a potential provider of information for authorities and decision makers as an aid for foreseeing and planning towards the challenges present during emergency times. ► The CCRAM is an innovative tool for the assessment of community resilience. ► The CCRAM enables creating a unique profile for each investigated community. ► The CCRAM profiles help focus activities for strengthening community's weak points. ► The CCRAM was found to be a valid predictor of perceived community resilience. ► Periodic assessments can form a standard gauge of the community's resilience level
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ISSN:0040-1625
1873-5509
DOI:10.1016/j.techfore.2012.12.009