Resilience Cities Measurement (RCM

Figure 7: RCM 4 main drivers and measures (OECD)

Resilience Cities Measurement (RCM)

Figure 8: RCM list of Drivers and Indicators

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) created the Resilience Cities Measurement (RCM) to aid governments of the United Nations investigate several cities with the intended purpose of this data to further resilience thinking in poorer performing cities. The aim is to assist countries in meeting the 2030 UN Agenda commitments.

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There is a big emphasis within this evaluation framework for energy resilience. They highlight key themes in developing energy resilience such as “Ensuring the access and continual provision of energy is critical for resilience in cities”. This framework is broken down into four drivers; Economy, Governance, Society and Environment.(fig.7) These each have four indicators which are analysed quantitatively with data from respective city councils and scored, before being tallied up to a total for each driver. (fig.8)