The Importance of Social Capital in Building Community Resilience

Abstract Objectives: Understanding people’s perception of community resilience to disaster is important. This study explores the correlations of household livelihood assets, the adopted household disaster preparedness activities, and individuals’ assessment of community resilience. Methods: The data was collected in 2018 by surveying a group of survivors affected by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China. The CART (Community Advancing Resilience Toolkit) was used to measure individuals’ perception of community resilience, while the livelihood assets included financial, physical, natural, human, and social capitals owned by the family, and the preparedness contained 13 activities. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models were used to test our hypotheses. Results: Social capital is consistently and positively associated with the overall individuals’ perceived community resilience, while the natural, human, and financial capitals’ effects are not significant. The awareness and participation preparedness activities are positively correlated with the perceived community resilience, but the material preparedness activities are not. Conclusions: Social capital and disaster preparedness activities are critical in building community resilience. Community resilience can be achieved by making the community more connected and by providing disaster preparedness interventions.

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What lies beyond social capital? The role of social psychology in building community resilience to climate change.

Traumatology An International Journal ◽

10.1037/trm0000221 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 253-265 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Evangelos Ntontis ◽

John Drury ◽

Richard Amlôt ◽

Gideon James Rubin ◽

Richard Williams

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Social Psychology ◽

Social Capital ◽

Community Resilience ◽

Building Community

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Building community resilience in a context of climate change: The role of social capital

AMBIO ◽

10.1007/s13280-021-01678-9 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Esther Carmen ◽

Ioan Fazey ◽

Helen Ross ◽

Melissa Bedinger ◽

Fiona M. Smith ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Social Capital ◽

Community Resilience ◽

Cultural Dimensions ◽

Cultural Aspects ◽

Building Community

AbstractSocial capital is considered important for resilience across social levels, including communities, yet insights are scattered across disciplines. This meta-synthesis of 187 studies examines conceptual and empirical understandings of how social capital relates to resilience, identifying implications for community resilience and climate change practice. Different conceptualisations are highlighted, yet also limited focus on underlying dimensions of social capital and proactive types of resilience for engaging with the complex climate change challenge. Empirical insights show that structural and socio-cultural aspects of social capital, multiple other factors and formal actors are all important for shaping the role of social capital for guiding resilience outcomes. Thus, finding ways to work with these different elements is important. Greater attention on how and why outcomes emerge, interactions between factors, approaches of formal actors and different socio-cultural dimensions will advance understandings about how to nurture social capital for resilience in the context of climate change.

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A Crowdsourcing based Information System Framework for Coordinated Disaster Management and Building Community Resilience

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking ◽

10.1145/3369740.3372730 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jayanta Basak ◽

Parama Bhaumik ◽

Siuli Roy ◽

Somprakash Bandyopadhyay

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Disaster Management ◽

Community Resilience ◽

System Framework ◽

Building Community

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The Role of For-Profit Firms in Disaster Management: A Typology

Journal of Macromarketing ◽

10.1177/02761467211020109 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 027614672110201

Author(s):

Swapan Deep Arora ◽

Anirban Chakraborty

Keyword(s):

Disaster Management ◽

Community Resilience ◽

Sustained Development ◽

For Profit ◽

State Initiative ◽

Marketing Orientation ◽

Disaster Studies ◽

Building Community ◽

Multiple Levels

Contemporary existence presents a duality of sustained development and recurrent disasters. Whereas disaster studies have closely examined public policy and state initiative, the role of for-profits is under-explored. Stakeholder theory and its integration with marketing orientation provide a theoretical underpinning for understanding the behavior of firms across contingencies, including disasters. Accordingly, we traverse the range of actions that these market entities exhibit in aiding disaster management and develop a comprehensive typology. The current COVID-19 pandemic provides a context for illustrating the practical exemplar actions as mapped to the proposed typology. We add to theory by examining the role of marketing philosophy and for-profits in tackling disasters at multiple levels: from micro-aspects of maintaining relations with specific stakeholders to the macro-objective of building community resilience. Further, the proposed typology helps practice and research by highlighting the range of firms' responses contributing to disaster management and building community resilience.

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Community-based social partnerships in crisis resilience: a case example in Greece

Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/dpm-09-2016-0190 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 203-216 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Maria Drakaki ◽

Panagiotis Tzionas

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Financial Crisis ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Well Being ◽

Community Based ◽

Content Type ◽

Social Partnership ◽

National Network ◽

Building Community ◽

Shared Risk

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe in-depth a community-based social partnership, emerged in response to the financial crisis in Greece, with members from the private, public and civic sectors, using a case example of a grass-root self-organised national network. Design/methodology/approach Formal and informal interviews as well as written communication with members of the partnership mainly formed the basis for the analysis. Topics covered formation and implementation activities, outcomes, relationship issues, such as trust and links to social capital. Findings A shared community risk and a national media campaign to increase public awareness of the issue were catalysts for individuals’ sensitisation and participation in the partnership. The shared risk was the loss of community’s social cohesion, through poverty aggravated by the financial crisis. Self-organisation led to innovative relationships, whereas trust, collective action and collaboration show social capital attributes in the partnership enabling resilience development. Research limitations/implications The research contributes in the fields of community-based partnerships and engagement in building community and crisis resilience. The findings are based on a case example. More evidence is needed in order to derive generalised statements about the partnership’s contribution to crisis resilience. Practical implications The partnership has shown impact on community engagement, health and well-being. Originality/value This paper presents a partnership type for building community and crisis resilience with the case example of one such partnership in Greece, formed to alleviate community distress caused by the crisis.

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