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What Do You Mean by Community Resilience? More Assets or Better Prepared?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2021

Jianwen Wei ,
Ziqiang Han Open the ORCID record for Ziqiang Han [Opens in a new window] ,
Yang Han  and
Zepeng Gong
Jianwen Wei
Affiliation:
China Academy of Social Management/School of Sociology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Ziqiang Han*
Affiliation:
School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
Yang Han
Affiliation:
The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Zepeng Gong
Affiliation:
Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Study & School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
*
Corresponding author: Ziqiang Han, Email: [email protected].
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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.

Keywords

community resiliencepreparednesslivelihoodWenchuanearthquakeChina
Type
Original Research
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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , April 2022 , pp. 706 - 713
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© 2021 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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