Laima Okunevičiūtė Neverauskienė

Department of Economics Engineering,

Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences,

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University,

Lithuania

Laima.Okuneviciute.Neverauskiene@ vilniustech.lt

ORCID 0000-0002-7969-3254

Assessment of socio-economic resilience of Lithuanian municipalities

Irena Blaževičė

Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences,

Lithuania

Irena.Blazevice@lcss.lt

Manuela Tvaronavičienė

Department of Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship,

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University,

Lithuania;

General Jonas Žemaits Military Academy of Lithuania, Lithuania,

Institute Humanities & Social Sciences, Daugavpils University, LV-5401 Daugavpils, Latvia

Manuela.Tvaronaviciene@vilniustech.lt

ORCID 0000-0002-9667-3730

Abstract. In the face of growing ecological, social, and economic crises, it is becoming increasingly important for countries and regions to consider future economic growth or prosperity and assess the potential damage of shocks and strengthen resilience. Most studies examine macroeconomic traits of resilience; hence, resilience manifests itself at the local level and depends on the local community's socio-economic resources and capacities to overcome the challenge. The concept of resilience has been shaped in the discourse of environmental crises, and there is a lack of models and empirical examples examining socio-economic community resilience. The article discusses the concept of community resilience. It presents the results of applying the BRIC (Baseline resilience indicator for communities) method to the socio-economic resilience of Lithuanian municipalities.

Received: May, 2025

1st Revision: February, 2026

Accepted: March, 2026

DOI: 10.14254/2071-8330.2026/19-1/4

JEL Classification: E32, O11, R11, R58

Keywords: BRIC, community resilience, socio-economic model, regional development