NIST researchers are advancing community resilience by creating measurement science tools to help local governments make informed disaster preparedness decisions. Christina Gore, an economist at NIST, highlights the Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$), a framework enabling communities to evaluate resilience options through cost-benefit analysis. The tool addresses challenges like flood mitigation, where restoring streams can reduce flooding while providing ecological benefits. Gore’s work also explores how communities recover from economic shocks, such as job losses from coal mine closures, finding that proximity to metropolitan areas correlates with faster recovery. NIST aims to empower resource-constrained communities by providing adaptable tools for resilience planning, balancing monetary and nonmonetary factors like ‘co-benefits’ and risk preferences. These efforts support data-driven strategies to strengthen communities against natural disasters and other hazards.
https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/disaster-preparedness-how-measurement-science-can-help-your-community
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