Deciphering Small Business Community Disaster Support using Machine Learning

Pierel, Eleanor Davis; Helgeson, Jennifer; Dow, Kirstin

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“…On a more local level with implications nationally, the project in Port Arthur and Beaumont, TX found that minority-run organizations experience both more damages on average than those operated by non-minorities, and they also recover to a lesser degree (Meyer, Semien, and Helgeson 2021). The Charleston, SC project demonstrated that community networks provide important support for resilience and recovery for SMBs (Davis Pierel, Helgeson, and Dow 2021).…”

Section: Regional Comparative Case Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A better understanding of the needs and decision processes of this stakeholder group can help improve their resilience as well as that of the community as a whole, as businesses, especially locally owned small businesses, are integral parts of their communities (e.g. Davis Pierel, Helgeson, and Dow 2021; Grimm 2014; Xiao and Van Zandt 2012). Assessment of SMB disaster resilience and recovery that specifically addresses the benefits of a wider context including long-term adaptation and pre-disaster planning is needed to develop innovative programming, locally and nationally, for SMB operators.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The case studies found that, among SMBs, past experiences with natural hazards and disasters lead to better preparation for a variety of other disasters (Davis Pierel, Helgeson, and Dow 2021; Helgeson, Pierel, and Dow 2020c). And similarly, pre-event mitigation and planning leads to more successful recovery (Helgeson, Pierel, and Dow 2020c; Meyer, Semien, and Helgeson 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Designing a federal portfolio approach for understanding complex climate events: Disruption, resilience, and recovery among small- and medium-sized businesses

Zycherman,

Helgeson

2023

International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters

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At the U.S. Department of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate and Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) Program and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Community Resilience Program (CRP) collaborate on a portfolio of research projects, across national and regional scales that explore small- and medium-sized business (SMB) disruption and resilience to complex climate events. Some of the most significant costs associated with the impact of weather and climate disasters stem from disruptions experienced by SMBs, but the full extent of immediate and downstream impacts on communities can only be fully understood over time. The NOAA-NIST portfolio of projects uses social science framing to bridge federal research priorities that typically orient around specific hazards and risks, with sector-specific (i.e. SMBs) climate change resilience needs. This approach lends itself to a deeper understanding of complex climate events by focusing on cascading and compound events, including both acute and chronic exposures, as well as the broader social structures that formulate a variety of socio-economic stressors and that can exacerbate both vulnerability to impacts and recovery potential over time. In this commentary, we describe the development of the research portfolio and highlight the importance of the complex event framework and cross-agency cooperation in the federal approach to understanding and addressing climate change. This approach moves beyond considerations relevant to discrete risk types or events, to uncover the social and sectoral spaces in which conditions for impacts and recovery are formed and realized across multiple geographies and over time. Understanding the formulation of complex events, and in this demonstrative case how SMB operators across communities learn about and implement resilience measures, is key for effective and equitable climate services and building community resilience.

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Section: Regional Comparative Case Studiesmentioning

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Section: Considerations For Developing a Portfolio Of Longitudinal Re...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Regional Comparative Case Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Designing a federal portfolio approach for understanding complex climate events: Disruption, resilience, and recovery among small- and medium-sized businesses

Zycherman,

Helgeson

2023

International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters

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“…The survival of small businesses during disasters is critical to community recovery and resilience (Adekola and Clelland 2020). Small businesses and their operators provide employment, community disaster support, advocacy and leadership, and other economic and social local benefits to their communities (Cutter 2016; Pierel, Helgeson, and Dow 2021a; Rose 2007). Yet, small businesses tend to be more vulnerable than larger firms due to their smaller size and lower access to financial capital (Basker and Miranda 2018; Corey and Deitch 2011; Sydnor et al 2017).…”

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Intersections of small business mobility, adaptive capacity, and resilience during crises

Pierel,

Helgeson,

Dow

2023

International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters

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Over 5 years, multiple hurricanes and a pandemic impacted small businesses in Charleston, South Carolina. In order to better understand the impacts of disasters on public-facing small businesses, we conducted a case study of customer, labor, location, and supply chain mobility. Although the disaster contexts of multiple hurricanes and the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic vary considerably, comparing the experiences of small business operators furthers our understanding of local disruptions and the potential for adaptive capacity. Drawing on 2 years of survey data, we focus on the importance of mobility to public-facing (e.g. service and recreation) small business recovery and adaptation. We then consider the relationship between multiple forms of mobility and resilience to two different disaster types. We conclude by identifying additional areas of small business adaptation and resilience inquiry informed by both hurricane and pandemic experiences. In contrast to previous global or regional mobility studies, this case study explores hyper-local small business mobility disruptions.

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Deciphering Small Business Community Disaster Support using Machine Learning

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Designing a federal portfolio approach for understanding complex climate events: Disruption, resilience, and recovery among small- and medium-sized businesses

Designing a federal portfolio approach for understanding complex climate events: Disruption, resilience, and recovery among small- and medium-sized businesses

Intersections of small business mobility, adaptive capacity, and resilience during crises

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