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Community Resilience Economic Decision Guide and Tool: Research Overview

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Author(s)

Christina Gore, Jennifer Helgeson

Abstract

Community resilience planning often requires quantifying and understanding the trade-offs that communities make between the benefits and costs of different resilience actions. The Economic Decision Guide walks communities through the steps to evaluate investments aimed at increasing a community's ability to adapt to, withstand, and recover from a disruptive event. Additionally, to aid communities in using the framework described by the Economic Decision Guide, a tool called the Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) Online Tool is available to assist communities. There is also additional guidance on loss amplification and risk aversion that are critical factors in accurately determining the benefits and costs of resilience investments. There are also case studies available to serve as a resource for communities in using the Economic Decision Guide framework.
Citation
NIST Research Brief (RB) - 1
Report Number
1

Keywords

community resilience, economics

Citation

Gore, C. and Helgeson, J. (2024), Community Resilience Economic Decision Guide and Tool: Research Overview, NIST Research Brief (RB), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.RB.1, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=958368 (Accessed December 8, 2024)

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Created August 20, 2024