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Seeking commonalities of community resilience to natural hazards: A cluster analysis approach

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Pages 181-199 | Received 26 Feb 2019, Accepted 05 Apr 2020, Published online: 06 May 2020

Figures & data

Table 1. List of variables used in the cluster analysis and their summary statistics

Fig. 1. The clustering process applied in the study

Fig. 1. The clustering process applied in the study

Table 2. Classification of municipalities in five computation sessions, each with multiple runs of the k-means++ clustering

Fig. 2. Evolution of the clustering process with four, five, six, and seven clusters identified through k-means clustering with three different seeding techniques: predefined initial means, farthest sum points initial means, and k-means++

Fig. 2. Evolution of the clustering process with four, five, six, and seven clusters identified through k-means clustering with three different seeding techniques: predefined initial means, farthest sum points initial means, and k-means++

Table 3. Moran’s I indices and within-cluster sum of squares (WCSS) for the divisions obtained from k-means with predefined initial means, farthest sum points initial means, and k-means++

Fig. 3. Summary of the six groups of Norwegian municipalities resulting from the six-group k-means++ clustering

Fig. 3. Summary of the six groups of Norwegian municipalities resulting from the six-group k-means++ clustering

Fig. 4. Norwegian municipalities clustered on the basis of their similarities in terms of their community resilience indicators

Fig. 4. Norwegian municipalities clustered on the basis of their similarities in terms of their community resilience indicators

Fig. 5. Relative proportions of area resource classification by cluster

Fig. 5. Relative proportions of area resource classification by cluster

Fig. 6. The multivariate signatures of the six groups of municipalities found similar in terms of their resilience to natural hazards

Fig. 6. The multivariate signatures of the six groups of municipalities found similar in terms of their resilience to natural hazards
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