一个社区弹性指数,用于基于地点的可操作指标
Margot Habets1, Susan L Cutter1
1Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
概括
这项研究为南卡罗来纳州开发了一种可操作的社区弹性指标,其表现优于传统方法. 新的指标更好地反映了当地条件和可修改的自然灾害准备因素.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 减少灾害风险 减少灾害风险
- 社区规划 社区规划
背景情况:
- 测量社区的抗灾能力对于美国对自然灾害的准备工作至关重要.
- 联邦和州的计划越来越关注加强社区的恢复力.
- 现有的指标可能无法完全捕捉到局部特定和可修改的弹性指标.
研究的目的:
- 为南卡罗来纳州共同制作一个可操作的弹性指标.
- 将"可操作"的指标与"传统"的社区基础弹性指标 (BRIC) 进行县和区域规模的比较.
- 确定当地相关和可修改的社区弹性指标.
主要方法:
- 开发了一种方法来共同生产基于金国家指数的可操作的弹性指标.
- 在县级和地区级计算可操作的BRIC指标.
- 使用可靠性测试和相关性分析,将可操作的金国家指标与传统的金国家指标进行比较.
主要成果:
- 与传统的金国家相比,可操作的金国家指标显示出更高的可靠性.
- 可操作的金国家指标显示,比传统的金国家,规模之间的相关性更强.
- 绘制地图显示了可操作和常规金国家之间的明显的低弹性区域,表明捕获的弹性驱动因素的差异.
结论:
- 可操作的金国家指标,特别是在管道层面,为南卡罗来纳州可更改的弹性提供了更准确的表示.
- 该研究强调了整合自上而下的和自下而上的方法对于有效的弹性测量的重要性.
- 开发的方法可在其他地区复制,以创建可操作的,与当地相关的弹性指标.
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