NIST-NOAA survey instrument for business disruption and recovery associated with extreme events:

Abstract

The NIST Data Collection Instruments series include questionnaires or survey instruments, interview guides, and other structured means of collecting data. Some of these instruments are designed for human subjects research focused on households, social institutions, and businesses. The instruments are approved by both NIST Institutional Review Board (IRB) and OMB/Paperwork Reduction Act.

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

“…The programs supported two case studies that generated comparable data across sites vulnerable to the same type of complex risks, particularly those from cascading and compounding events (i.e. flooding and hurricane impacts in coastal areas), following Hurricane Irma in the greater Charleston, SC area (Helgeson, Pierel, and Dow 2020c) and Hurricane Harvey in Port Arthur and Beaumont, TX (Meyer, Semien, and Helgeson 2021). CRP and CAP researchers from the Carolinas Integrated Science and Assessments (CISA) team and the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP) team collaborated on survey design, bringing nationally oriented inquiry together with regionally and locally relevant questions.…”

“…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).…”

“…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). 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).…”

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

“…In 2019, the businesses answered a semi-structured 60-question interview (Helgeson, Pierel, and Dow 2020). The survey focused primarily on hurricane recovery status and response actions.…”