Summers Kevin, Harwell Linda, Smith Lisa, Buck Kyle
Gulf Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory Office of Research and Development U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1 Sabine Island Drive Gulf Breeze, FL 32561.
Front Environ Sci. 2018 Nov 30;6. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2018.00147.
Using a Climate Resilience Screening Index (CRSI) that was developed to represent resilience to acute weather events at multiple scales for the United States, nine regions of the United States are compared for resilience for these types of natural hazards. The comparison examines the domains, indicators and metrics of CRSI addressing environmental, economic and societal aspects of resilience to acute climate events. The index uses indicators and metrics that assess ecosystem, economic, governance and social services at county scales. The index was applied at the county scale and aggregated to represent select regions of the United States. Comparisons showed higher levels of resilience in the Northeast and West while counties in the Southeast and South-Central regions exhibited lower resilience to acute climate events.
利用一个气候适应力筛选指数（CRSI），该指数旨在代表美国在多个尺度上对极端天气事件的适应力，对美国的九个地区在这些类型自然灾害方面的适应力进行比较。该比较考察了CRSI中涉及对极端气候事件适应力的环境、经济和社会方面的领域、指标和度量标准。该指数使用在县尺度上评估生态系统、经济、治理和社会服务的指标和度量标准。该指数应用于县尺度，并进行汇总以代表美国的特定地区。比较结果显示，东北部和西部的适应力水平较高，而东南部和中南部地区的县对极端气候事件的适应力较低。
