Explaining resilience and how to measure it in your community
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The document discusses the concept of resilience in municipalities, focusing on essential services and basic needs for communities, including emergency services, food, water, housing, and more. It introduces a Common Good Regional Matrix that helps stakeholders develop strategies for sustainable development while managing risks. Additionally, it highlights the importance of various types of capital, such as social, human, and built capital, in delivering services efficiently and sustainably.
Explaining resilience and how to measure it in your community
- 1. Explaining Resilience and how to identify the resilience of your municipality Beyond sustainability Stephen Hinton http://stephenhinton.org Fellow of ISSS.se The Institute of Swedish Safety and Security
- 2. All communities need emergency services EMERGENCY SERVICES Blue light Rapid Response Acute medical Etc.
- 3. All communities need basic services BASIC SERVICES Food & Water Fuel Housing Health Transport Payment system
- 4. All communities need to build capability to be: SAFE FROM DANGER SECURE IN PROVISION ABLE TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES SECURE IN BELONGING
- 5. All communities need to exercise care SAFE FROM DANGER SECURE IN PROVISION ABLE TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES SECURE IN BELONGING
- 6. To provide services in a resilient way requires a level of capital of each type SOCIAL HUMAN BUILT MINERAL BIOLOGICAL performance depletion The capital can be depleting or replenishing, and the service it provides is either adequate or inadequate
- 7. Service delivery = Σ capital + human work + inputs capital = Σ human work + inputs The common good regional matrix provides a reporting framework at municipal level giving stakeholders a shared starting point from which to develop strategies and activities for sustainable development whilst keeping a risk management focus.
- 8. COMMON GOOD BASIC SERVICE DEPENDENCY MATRIX Biological capital Mineral capital Human capital Social Capital Built Capital a) Transport A1) Sources of fuel Fuel sources are sufficient to fill basic requirements A2) Fossil fuel available Fuel sources are sufficient to fill basic requirements A3) Knowledge and skills Capability to provide transport in the conditions of the area A4) Repair shops Capable of keeping transport infrastructure running A5) Roads and Vehicles Sufficient for needs b) Food provision – field to plate B1) Soil quality Enough soil of right quality to provide food B2) Phosphorus Phosphorus supplies available for food production B3) Knowledge and skills Capability to provide food in the conditions of the area B4) Organisations Capable of setting up, teaching and running food provision B5) RECYCLING Infrastructure to recycle biowaste to food production c) Housing C1) Building material available from nature C2) Building material available from minerals C3) Knowledge and skills Capability to provide housing in the conditions of the area C4) Organisations Capable of setting up, teaching and providing housing C5) Houses and house building infrastructure Houses available and machines to build/maintain them d) Water D1) Ecological maturity Eco-systems retaining and purifying water D2) Mineral layer water sources Identified and available D3) Knowledge and skills Capability to provide housing in the conditions of the area D4) Organisations Capable of setting up, teaching and providing drinking water D5) Water supply and purification infrastructure sufficient e) Energy E1) Ecological maturity Eco-systems sufficiently mature to provide fuel sustainably E2) Fossil fuel sources E3) Knowledge and skills Capability to provide energy in the conditions of the area E4) Organisations Capable of setting up, teaching and providing energy E5) Renewable energy production infrastructure built and functioning f) Communications F1) n/a F2) Essential minerals for communication equipment available F3) Knowledge and skills Capability to provide housing in the conditions of the area F4) Organisations Capable of setting up, teaching and providing coomunications F5) infrastructure for communications built and functioning g) Blue Light Services G1) Biofuel for blue light Services available in sufficient quantities G2) Fossil fuel sources and metals and minerals to build and repair G3) Knowledge and skills Capability to provide housing in the conditions of the area G4) Organisations Capable of setting up, teaching and providing blue light services G5) infrastructure for blue light services built and functioning h) Economic and payment system H1) Economic system adapted to ensuring no draw-down of biological capital H2) Economic system adapted to ensuring no draw-down of mineral capital H3) Knowledge and skills Capability to provide housing in the conditions of the area H4) Organisations Capable of setting up, teaching and providing payment system H5) infrastructure for money and payment systems built and functioning i) Health I1) Healing areas Medicinal plants, available I2) Leakage of poisons, arsenic etc. controlled I3) Medical knowledge Capability to provide health services in the conditions of the area I4) Hospitals Capable of setting up, teaching and providing hospital services I5) Infrastructure for health services built and functioning. Built capital conducive to healthy population
- 9. COMMON GOOD REGIONAL MATRIX Stephen Hinton Consulting http://stephenhinton.org Values Earth Care People care Fair share Capital Ecological sustainability Dignity Cooperation and Solidarity Social Justice Democratic co-determination and transparency Natural Capital A) Biological A1) Ecological maturity of area Area performs to retain nutrients and absorb solar energy A2) Organizations responsible for preserving maturity Organizations, procedures and processes to ensure ecological maturity A3) Investments in biomass Organizations invested in biomass management for common good A4) Food Fuel fiber security Eco system able to provide for all residents A5)Determination over Natural Capital Supply chains managed ethically and frugally B) Mineral B1) Mineral availability Area offers minerals or supplies are available from other sources B2) Organizations tasked with preserving mineral circularity Organizations, procedures and processes ensure mineral cycling B3) Investment in circular technology Infrastructure works to contain minerals in supply loops B4) Emissions and loss of Minerals controlled Mineral wealth managed in sustainable fair way. Handling of resources transparent B5) Mineral resource distribution transparent and co-determined C) Social Capital C1) Organizations independent of fossil fuel Organizations functioning is resilient to fossil fuel shortages C2)Organizations providing needed services Products and services fulfill basic human needs to serve humankind, society or the environment C3) Organizations contribute to community Leakage of money from municipality is minimized. Preparedness high C4) Just Income distribution Needs fulfilled for all citizens C5) Transparent reporting from organizations Common good approach reporting from organizations, openness in decision-making that affects communities in region D) Human D1) Knowledge and skills in sustainability People able to exert stewardship of the natural environment D2) Promotion of sustainable behavior Citizens have access to training needed for them to be able to be part of sustainable society. From nursery education upwards. D3) Work is Available People able to organize themselves to cooperate to provide food and water security and social cohesiveness D4) Knowledge and training available Residents access to training and education required for them to be able to be part of resilient prepared and functioning society D5) Involvement in decision making of expertise and perspective Citizens access to information about sustainable development E) Built E1) Green Technology Infrastructure Recycles minerals, biomass, and restricts emissions of toxins to ecosystems E2) Built environment designed for humans Standard of housing resilient to energy shortfall and extreme weather E3) Availability of built Infrastructure dimension and functioning to meet needs resiliently E4) Infrastructure safe for humans Built objects exhibit High safety factor E5) Determination over built capital Citizens involvement in all major decisions of infrastructure NEGATIVE POINTS Infrastructure fossil fuel dependent a) Transport b) Food provision – field to plate c) Housing d) Water e) Energy f) Communications g) Blue Light Services h) Economic and payment system i) Health j) Electricity production Infrastructure lacking for recycling minerals – technical nutrients Housing inappropriate for climate: low insulation levels, storm resistance No repair capability in region for essential services and products No access to training in Circular economy Needs not being met – homelessness and food insecurity Fuel poverty over limit Real poverty over limit High accident rates in infrastructure Information about how refuse is handled not publicly available Leakage of money and resources including leaking in of pollutants not available to public
- 10. Performing capital Ecological sustainability Dignity Cooperation and Solidarity Social justice Democratic co-determination inadequately, depleting adequately, depleting Inaddequately, secured adequately secured EXAMPLE MATRIX RESULT
- 11. If your municipality is serious about planning for the future and replacing global economy and fossil economy with a resilient, vibrant local economy, a good place to start is the common good matrix analysis tool. I am happy to assist. Contact me for a free one-hour consultation at http://stephenhinton.org