ABSTRACT The resilience of rural communities is a concern, both in itself and for its effects on the agricultural sector. This article investigates the possibility of using official statistics to measure community resilience. Specifically, it tests the possibility of identifying resilience thresholds for key indicators. Using community workshops to investigate the drivers of resilience among residents of four rural communities in New Zealand, the analysis compared self-reported ratings against indicators from official data sources. The self-reported ratings of overall community resilience tended to be more influenced by economic and institutional drivers than social, cultural, or environmental drivers. In addition, the overall self-reported resilience ratings tended to match estimations of resilience based on official statistics. By showing it is possible to identify resilience thresholds for these indicators, the research provides a method for improving quantification of community resilience and offers estimates of the extent of resilience at a given point in time.

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测试农村社区的复原力指标

摘要农村社区的复原力本身及其对农业部门的影响都是一个问题。本文研究了使用官方统计数据衡量社区适应力的可能性。具体来说，它测试了确定关键指标的弹性阈值的可能性。通过使用社区研讨会调查新西兰四个农村社区居民抵御能力的驱动力，该分析将自我报告的评级与官方数据来源的指标进行了比较。自我报告的总体社区抵御能力等级受经济和制度驱动因素的影响比受社会，文化或环境驱动因素的影响更大。此外，总体自我报告的弹性等级倾向于与基于官方统计数据的弹性估计相匹配。