Specifying community economic resilience - a framework for measurement

This paper argues for a specific and measurable definition and a comprehensive and actionable measurement framework for community economic resilience (CER). The paper focuses on how to specify CER; what attributes form CER; and how to measure CER based on its definition and attributes. The paper argues that CER can be specified through four guiding questions (Resilience of what?; Resilience to what?; Resilience for whom?; Resilience for what?) and is formed by attributes including community capitals, diversity and accessibility. A comprehensive measurement framework is proposed that quantifies both potential and emerging CER through attributes and multiple outcomes, respectively.