Climate Resilience: Concepts, Theory and Methods of Measuring
Adi Subiyanto1*, Rizaldi Boer2, Edvin Aldrian3, Perdinan4, Rilus Kinseng5
1Program of Applied Climatology, Graduate School of Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
2Center for Climate Risk and Opportunity Management in Southeast Asia and Pacific, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
3Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group I Vice Chair, Indonesia
4Department of Geophysics and Meteorology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
5Department of Communication Science and Community Development, Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
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Received: November 6, 2018; 1st Revised: January 14, 2019; Accepted: June 8, 2019. EnvironmentAsia 13(1) 2020 1-13
Abstract
Resilience is an intangible concept. One way to describe it is done by indicators that can represent the same unit (index). The purpose of the study is to develop a method of measuring the climate resilience index (RI) based on the concepts and theory of vulnerability, risk, and resilience. The design of study and methods are: 1) framework for analysis of the concepts of vulnerability, risk, and resilience; and 2) develop RI based on a risk management approach and set up resilience forming factors. The method of measuring RI includes the choice of indicators, weighting and scaling indicators, categories of resilience, and applying methods to measure RI at the provincial level in Indonesia. The results showed that RI=(ACI*TCI)/(EI*SI); where RI: climate resilience index, ACI: adaptive capacity index, TCI: transformative capacity index, EI: exposure index, and SI: sensitivity index. In the case of Indonesia, the average of RI is 0.70. The highest was Jakarta SCR (1.61) and the lowest was East Nusa Tenggara (0.29). In other words, East Nusa Tenggara has to be the first priority of development in the face of climate change threat.
Keywords: Vulnerability; Risk; Resilience; Climate resilience index
