Toward Core Indicators for Resilience Analysis: A framework to promote harmonized metrics and empirical coherence

Abstract

As applications of resilience have increased the associated measurement options have grown. An unintended consequence of such growth is that the proliferation of resilience measurement approaches hinders efforts to generate evidence that is conceptually consistent and empirically comparable. To address this problem, the present paper provides a framework to promote harmonized measurement of resilience. The framework is structured around three components: fundamental resilience concepts, resilience measurement domains, and integrated resilience measurement. To illustrate how elements of the framework can be applied to an empirical investigation, a set of indicators from a resilience-focused food security study was examined. In the conclusion, potential benefits of harmonized resilience measurement are discussed, and some challenges are considered.