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A Review of Community Resilience Indicators Using a Systems Measurement Framework

August 5, 2024

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Michael Gerst, Maria Dillard, Emily Walpole, Jarrod Loerzel

As natural disasters have increased in frequency and magnitude, there has been an increasing need to understand what underlying factors are likely to lead to faster recovery and more resilient communities. One way of addressing this need has been to

Advancing Methodologies for Hurricane Disaster Research Using Social Media Data

May 29, 2024

Author(s)

Emina Herovic, Caerwyn Hartten, Emily Walpole, Katherine Johnson, Cameron Busser

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) investigations of disasters and failures that affect the United States including devastating hurricanes like Hurricane Maria (NIST, 2023), require the assessment of risk communication, especially

How well are U.S. communities planning for resilience, adaptation, and sustainability-and what's missing? Results of a national survey of local staff and officials

March 25, 2024

Author(s)

Matthew Malecha, Christopher Clavin, Emily Walpole

Community resilience, climate adaptation, and sustainability planning are increasingly used by communities in the United States to prepare for the effects of natural hazards and climate change. Existing studies have examined the theoretical intersections

Improving the TENOR of Labeling: Re-evaluating Topic Models for Content Analysis

March 23, 2024

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Zongxia Li, Andrew Mao, Jordan Boyd-Graber, Daniel Stephens, Emily Walpole, Alden A. Dima, Juan Fung

Topic models are a popular tool for understanding text collections, but their evaluation has been a point of contention. Automated evaluation metrics such as coherence are often used, however, their validity has been questioned for neural topic models

A Review of Community Resilience Frameworks and Assessment Tools: An Annotated Bibliography

August 12, 2021

Author(s)

Emily Walpole, Jarrod Loerzel, Maria Dillard

Community resilience is a topic of increasing interest in public policy and planning, although effective implementation will require an in-depth theoretical understanding of the concept, as well as the ability to measure changes in resilience over time. In

Resilience, Adaptation, and Sustainability Plan Assessment Methodology: An Annotated Bibliography

September 28, 2020

Author(s)

Christopher T. Clavin, Avery M. Dabreau, Emily H. Walpole

In the United States, preparing for the impacts of natural hazards is primarily the responsibility of communities and local governments. Increasingly, while communities address these hazard mitigation responsibilities, they are concurrently undertaking

Evacuation Decision-Making in the 2016 Chimney Tops 2 Fire: Results of a Household Survey

July 23, 2020

Author(s)

Emily H. Walpole, Erica D. Kuligowski, Lauren B. Cain, Alicea N. Fitzpatrick, Christin Salley

To gain insight into the emergency communication and evacuation decision-making surrounding the 2016 Chimney Tops 2 fire, NIST conducted (via a small business survey research contractor) an online survey targeting homeowners in the Gatlinburg, TN area from

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