A Common Analytical Model for Resilience Measurement
The combined effects of climatic changes, economic forces and socio-political conditions have increased the frequency and severity of risk exposure among vulnerable populations. recognizing the challenges created by more complex risk scenarios, the concept of resilience has captured the interest of varied groups of stakeholders concerned with how to reduce vulnerability and promote sustainable development. resilience is viewed as valuable because it seen as providing a unified response to shocks resulting from catastrophic events and crises, and to the stressors associated with the ongoing exposure to risks that threaten well-being. The idea of resilience also holds particular appeal as a generalized ability to respond to an array of threats that have become more difficult to predict.
The paper is organized into four main sections. as a preface to the common analytical model, section two describes the general purposes served by analytical models and highlights elements of selected analytical models of resilience measurement that have been applied to development. Section three describes the structural arrangement of the components that constitute the common analytical model. Section four describes each of the components and provides guidance on the methodological and analytical features of resilience measurement. The paper closes with a few comments that describe the utility of a common analytical model and highlight the kind of work that is needed to further advance resilience measurement.