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Development and testing of a community flood resilience measurement tool

Adriana Keating, Karen Campbell, Michael Szoenyi, Colin McQuistan, David Nash, Meinrad Burer

2017 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 17, 77–101 · Conceptual study

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Research question

How can proposed sources of flood resilience be empirically checked?

Method and context

Design links baseline/endline measurements with outcomes when floods occur.

Study summary

Presents a tool linking pre-flood capacities with post-flood outcomes.

Findings

Reports tool development and ongoing testing, rather than completed validation.

Contribution

Makes resilience claims testable against observed outcomes.

Interpretation limits

Flood occurrence and follow-up are needed to assess proposed relationships.

Connect evidence to KSEC / OBE

Project-proposed critical-appraisal evidence, not research findings or accreditation criteria from the original authors.

K
Explain the question, concepts and findings with locators in the original.
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Compare methods, variables and limitations with another study before designing a test or CPX.
E
Separate reported results from your proposals, cite originals and examine implications for vulnerable groups.
C
Record responses to critique and revisions after new evidence. Observe behaviour repeatedly, not from a single reading.

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Original-study citation

Adriana Keating; Karen Campbell; Michael Szoenyi; Colin McQuistan; David Nash; Meinrad Burer (2017). Development and testing of a community flood resilience measurement tool. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 17, 77–101. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-77-2017

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