Exploring the influence of social capital on community resilience during the times of crisis

Shambhu Bharadwaj; Anupamaa Bijlani; N. Dinesh; Dharmendra Singh Tomar

doi:10.31893/multiscience.2024ss0508

Keywords:

Cognitive Social Capital

Emotional Connection

Social Infrastructure

Abstract

Research compare the value of social capital (SC) for healing a disaster and enhancing a community's social structures might increase its capacity for risk aversion. To determine if communities whose individuals prefer to help one another in the event of both organic and human-caused disasters are proven to be resilient, the paper studies the ways in which analytical social capital manifests before and beyond an incident. The report is based on the nation survey conducted between June and September 2017 on a selection of 27 Indian localities. The study's conclusions demonstrate that individuals support others to which they have an emotional connection, such as family members and neighbors. Residents assist in preserving lives and other people's property by sharing information, offering emotional support and transporting youngsters, the elderly and the crippled. The study discovered a link between various types of community support and the way resilient communities are perceived.
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Bharadwaj, S., Bijlani, A., Dinesh, N., & Tomar, D. S. (2024). Exploring the influence of social capital on community resilience during the times of crisis. Multidisciplinary Science Journal, 6, 2024ss0508. https://doi.org/10.31893/multiscience.2024ss0508

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[3] Carmen, E., Fazey, I., Ross, H., Bedinger, M., Smith, F. M., Prager, K., McClymont, K., & Morrison, D. (2022). Building community resilience in a context of climate change: The role of social capital. Ambio, 51(6), 1371-1387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01678-9

[4] Cui, P., & Li, D. (2020). A SNA-based methodology for measuring the community resilience from the perspective of social capitals: Take Nanjing, China as an example. Sustainable Cities and Society, 53, 101880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101880

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[6] Fransen, J., Peralta, D. O., Vanelli, F., Edelenbos, J., & Olvera, B. C. (2022). The emergence of urban community resilience initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international exploratory study. The European Journal of Development Research, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-020-00348-y

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