Creating the Comprehensive Community Vulnerability Index
This study quantified the relative vulnerability of 3,141 counties in the United States. We built a comprehensive community vulnerability index (CCVI) that considers household, business, and public levels. Eighteen variables related to household socioeconomic characteristics, business size and diver...
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| description | This study quantified the relative vulnerability of 3,141 counties in the United States. We built a comprehensive community vulnerability index (CCVI) that considers household, business, and public levels. Eighteen variables related to household socioeconomic characteristics, business size and diversity, local government economic size, social capital, and net immigration were used. In the existing vulnerability indices (CRE, SVI, and SoVI), the indices were constructed by using socioeconomic characteristics of the household. In addition to socioeconomic variables, this study sought to expand the concept of “place-based” by considering the business structure within the community and the potential ability to maintain the existing order of the community to construct a comprehensive index. Additionally, by providing the relative vulnerability of the community at each level (private, business, public), each dimension can provide evidence on which areas are more vulnerable and need remediation than others. We expect that the CCVI can be broadly extended to be used in various forms. In this study, we extend the vulnerability index by including exogenous variables such as climate change. In particular, the extended climate-enhanced CCVI in this study shows that the existing vulnerability index can be strengthened by incorporating extreme climate events. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-792916b2d52243dfb07bd17cc6fe22c22025-08-20T03:10:21ZengCambridge University PressAgricultural and Resource Economics Review1068-28052372-261412810.1017/age.2025.17Creating the Comprehensive Community Vulnerability IndexEuijun Kim0https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5468-5227J. Matthew Fannin1Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USADepartment of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USAThis study quantified the relative vulnerability of 3,141 counties in the United States. We built a comprehensive community vulnerability index (CCVI) that considers household, business, and public levels. Eighteen variables related to household socioeconomic characteristics, business size and diversity, local government economic size, social capital, and net immigration were used. In the existing vulnerability indices (CRE, SVI, and SoVI), the indices were constructed by using socioeconomic characteristics of the household. In addition to socioeconomic variables, this study sought to expand the concept of “place-based” by considering the business structure within the community and the potential ability to maintain the existing order of the community to construct a comprehensive index. Additionally, by providing the relative vulnerability of the community at each level (private, business, public), each dimension can provide evidence on which areas are more vulnerable and need remediation than others. We expect that the CCVI can be broadly extended to be used in various forms. In this study, we extend the vulnerability index by including exogenous variables such as climate change. In particular, the extended climate-enhanced CCVI in this study shows that the existing vulnerability index can be strengthened by incorporating extreme climate events.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1068280525000176/type/journal_articleComparative analysiscomprehensive community vulnerability index (CCVI)principal component analysis (PCA)resiliencevulnerabilityR11R12 |
| spellingShingle | Euijun Kim J. Matthew Fannin Creating the Comprehensive Community Vulnerability Index Agricultural and Resource Economics Review Comparative analysis comprehensive community vulnerability index (CCVI) principal component analysis (PCA) resilience vulnerability R11 R12 |
| title | Creating the Comprehensive Community Vulnerability Index |
| title_full | Creating the Comprehensive Community Vulnerability Index |
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| title_short | Creating the Comprehensive Community Vulnerability Index |
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| topic | Comparative analysis comprehensive community vulnerability index (CCVI) principal component analysis (PCA) resilience vulnerability R11 R12 |
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