Summary of the underlying dataset to assist in tracking resilience of rural agricultural communities

Livia Bizikova; Ruth Waldick

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.01.024

Summary of the underlying dataset to assist in tracking resilience of rural agricultural communities

Data Brief. 2019 Jan 17:23:103676. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.01.024. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Authors

Livia Bizikova¹, Ruth Waldick²

Affiliations

¹ International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Ottawa, ON, Canada.
² Agri-Food and Agriculture Canada, Canada.

Abstract

A list of indicators that can be used to track resilience of agricultural communities is presented in this brief. The provided data set covers a unique overview of policy-relevant indicators based on data on climate change impacts, vulnerability, adaptation, agriculture and rural development. This data is grouped into six critical sectors that are crucial for policy-makers to track resilience. The data is transferable and can be adjusted to different communities as the listed definitions can be modified to account for the specific local conditions. The indicators were used to identify a set of resilience indicators for rural agricultural communities in Ontario Canada (for details see "An Indicator Set to Track Resilience to Climate Change in Agriculture: A policy-maker׳s perspective" [1]).