I am looking for frameworks for community resilience which explicitly detail i.e a step by step process guide to how to develop and measure resillience
Many papers attempt to make a framework and discuss the theortical aspects without actually producing a detailed step by step guide for building the various coping capacities or capitals (social, environmental, etc). In addition many papers discuss indicators which would could be used for measuring resileince through the capitals, however they don't seem to detail the data required or method of collection.
I would greatly appreciate any assistance in this matter, Thank you
Dear Stephanie,
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Recommend you look up the Trauma Resource Institute. They have developed the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models and gone to traumatized communities in places like Haiti to restore their resiliency. We have been learning about our human capacity for healing and resilience as individuals and communities. It is my perspective that communities that foster their members healing from trauma have a foundation of resilience that is hard to shake. That said any community can be overwhelmed by trauma just as any individual no matter how resilient can be overwhelmed by trauma.
Thanks guys I am looking more in general for development/ sustainable development rather than health i.e pre-disaster not post-disaster.
I have tried using the UK Strategic National Framework on Community Resilience and other frameworks Wilson - towards a framework for community resilience and Katherine Pasteurs V2R with practical action, but most of these simply give a list of possible indicators for measuring resilience, rather than a step by step guide on how to both actually measure it (data requirements) and then a follow-up methodology for actually building resilience - i.e a step by step good practice guide for building capitals particularly social capital.
You might take a look at NIST's Community Resilience Planning Guide. It expanded SPUR's Resilient City and Oregon Resilience Plan approach (which were more infrastructure based) to include more social resilience. NIST is following up on the Guide with the Community Resilience Panel. This just started and will be trying to provide local communities with better data, tools & metrics. There is a Social & Economics Standing Committee which will likely be addressing your concerns. The panel will also be looking at interdependencies to help remove barriers to becoming resilient.
http://www.spur.org/featured-project/resilient-city
http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/OEM/osspac/docs/Oregon_Resilience_Plan_Final.pdf
http://www.nist.gov/el/resilience/guide.cfm
http://www.nist.gov/el/community-resilience-panel-meeting.cfm
Hi Stephanie,
It's a really good question and a bit of a challenging space. Lots of theory, lots of active practitioners, a bit of a gap between the two.
One useful practical/technical guide focusing on resilience in the face of food security and nutrition issues is from Action Against Hunger:
http://www.preventionweb.net/files/38927_38927acf2014.guidelineenhancingclim.pdf
Regarding the measurement question. FAO/WFP/UNICEF have some interesting index-work going on in Ethiopia. It's robust for what it is, but also quite bulky for the average practitioner:
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4102e.pdf
Another really interesting measurement work is what Oxfam has done. Which again is based on practical experience. If you can track down their measurement work in Niger it is really interesting.
http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/a-multidimensional-approach-to-measuring-resilience-302641
I think a good starting point for the measurement question is Christoph Bene at IDS's article. It's theoretical, but the idea of shock costs has a lot of scope for practical application.
http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/2990/Wp434.pdf;jsessionid=3CA2F262D20E940A34D3AD18780BA994?sequence=1
In this vein, attaching a presentation I did with Amadou Diop a little while ago that tries to take these ideas and apply them to a Sahelian context. Idea is to use indicators that show seasonal change as well as change over time (like if you are interested in resilience re education; think about and indicator on school enrolment for girls and boys over time coupled with an indicator that looks at class attendance on a seasonal basis (when there is a likely seasonal stress like drought).
http://www.oecd.org/site/rpca/meetings/HEA-resilience_en.pdf
Hope it helps!
Best,
David
Stephanie, as a researcher interested in resilience, I have found the Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and Participatory Design (PD) approaches as useful and systematic ways of framing not only the adversities but also the 'bouncing back' mechanisms and procedures involved in resilience work. Good luck.
Hi Stephanie,
My PhD research (on-going) is centred around "small community groups' decision-making processes and their sustainability in rural areas: a case for Lincolnshire." As part of the group's sustainability, their resilience is key. I agree with colleagues who responded above. Both 'community' and 'resilience' are broad construct. As you may know, the word 'community' is trite and the meaning depends on the context on how it is used. By unpacking your definition of community, you may find you have a better focus in investigating the resilience of that particular community. The outcome that I'm trying to achieve in my research is also about a sustainable framework for small community's decision-making processes. I'm interested in your work so please keep me posted. I'm happy to bounce back ideas as well if it helps.
Regards,
Magda
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