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Measuring and enhancing resilience of United States rural communities in the context of climate variability

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article serves as an introduction to the Special Issue section “Measuring and Enhancing Resilience of United States Rural Communities in the Context of Climate Variability.” To set the stage for this section, we review how climate hazards impact rural areas and synthesize insights that emerge across the issue’s four papers, noting their policy relevance and highlighting opportunities for continued research. We argue that emerging data tools can help program designers and policy makers better support the resilience of rural areas, but that doing so remains complicated by heterogeneity in resources and vulnerabilities across rural areas.

Source: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

DOI: 10.1017/age.2026.10022

Authors: J.G. Malacarne, Laura A. Paul

Institutions: University of Maine, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Language: English

Topic: Disaster Management and Resilience

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,600