EDGe$ Case Studies & Success Stories

EDGe$ provides a standard economic methodology for evaluating investment decisions required to improve the ability of communities to adapt to, withstand, and quickly recover from natural, technology, and human-caused disruptive events. The tool helps the user to identify and compare the relevant present and future resilience costs and benefits associated with new capital investment versus maintaining a community’s status-quo. Benefits include cost savings and damage loss avoidance because enhancing resilience on a community scale creates value, including co-benefits, even if a hazard event does not strike.

The following case studies provide examples of the range of potential uses and applications:

• Online Tutorial
  • Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) Online Tutorial: Wildfire Urban Interface (WUI) Case Study
  • Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) Online Tutorial: University Pandemic Planning Analysis Use Case
• EDGe$ Use Success Stories
  • Jackson County Utility Authority, Mississippi
  • Biloxi Bay, Mississippi
• Case Studies included in EDGe$ Online Tool:
  • Hospital Case Study Example
  • Levee Case Study Example
  • Riverbend Case Study Example
  • Wildland Urban Interface Case Study Example