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

Carmen, Esther; Fazey, Ioan; Ross, Helen; Bedinger, Melissa; Smith, Fiona; Prager, Katrin; McClymont, Kerri; Morrison, David

doi:10.1007/s13280-021-01678-9

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“…Generally speaking, the studies analyzed in this scoping review presented results that were in agreement with other works in the area of climate change, resilience, and social capital (Carmen et al, 2022;Smith et al, 2012). However, certain limitations that affect the robustness of the results and that limit their application in a broader context were identified.…”

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The Impact of Flood Adaptation Measures on Affected Population’s Mental Health: A mixed method Scoping Review

El-Mousawi

Mundo

Berkat

et al. 2023

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The frequency and severity of floods has increased in different regions of the world due to climate change. Although the impact of floods on human health has been extensively studied, the increase in the segments of the population that are likely to be impacted by floods in the future makes it necessary to examine how adaptation measures impact the mental health of individuals affected by these natural disasters. The goal of this scoping review is to document the existing studies on flood adaptation measures and their impact on the mental health of affected populations, in order to identify the best preventive strategies as well as limitations that deserve further exploration. This study employed the methodology of the PRISMA-ScR extension for scoping reviews to systematically search the databases Medline and Web of Science to identify studies that examined the impact of adaptation measures on the mental health of flood victims. The database queries resulted in a total of 857 records from both databases. Following two rounds of screening, 9 studies were included for full-text analysis. Most of the analyzed studies sought to identify the factors that drive resilience in flood victims, particularly in the context of social capital (6 studies), whereas the remaining studies analyzed the impact of external interventions on the mental health of flood victims, either from preventive or post-disaster measures (3 studies). There is a very limited number of studies that analyze the impact of adaptation measures on the mental health of populations and individuals affected by floods, which complicates the generalizability of their findings. There is a need for public health policies and guidelines for the development of flood adaptation measures that adequately consider a social component that can be used to support the mental health of flood victims.

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confidence: 82%

The Impact of Flood Adaptation Measures on Affected Population’s Mental Health: A mixed method Scoping Review

El-Mousawi

Mundo

Berkat

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…Long-term and continuous resilience building benefit from interconnections between slow-changing elements, such as human and social capital, and related collective values and social norms (Carmen et al 2022). Carmen et al (2022) argued that the role of social capital in community resilience is less discussed than its subjective socio-cultural dimensions such as sense of place and social norms. These dimensions are connected to community networks influencing the emergence of resilience and making them relevant to strengthen social capital.…”

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“…The concept of community resilience is derived from two research fields: (1) mental health and developmental psychology and (2) social-ecological systems and resilience (Berkes and Ross 2013). Many contributions to the literature of community resilience relate to recovering from disasters (Norris et al 2008, Wilson 2014, Almutairi et al 2020) and more recently to climate change (Fazey et al 2018, Ntontis et al 2020, Birchall et al 2022, Carmen et al 2022. Such literature was initially developed to focus on social aspects of the resilience of individuals (Maclean et al 2016) or individual organizations (Koliou et al 2018).…”

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What comes after crises? Key elements and insights into feedback amplifying community self-organization

Moraes¹,

Farinaci²,

Prado³

et al. 2023

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In face of complex socio-environmental issues experienced in different social-ecological systems, we ask if comprehensive lessons could be learned from cases of community self-organization that were successful in solving collective problems at the local level. Considering that the trajectory of each community is unique and self-organization develops in distinctive settings, we sought to identify the common elements shared by six case studies in Brazil and investigate how they interact (i.e., if they generate feedback that amplifies self-organization), synthesizing the lessons drawn from each case so they may be applied to other contexts. In all cases, community self-organization provided good conditions to overcome crisis and led to desirable changes regarding the problem in question. We explored the underlying mechanisms of successful community self-organization from a social-ecological and community resilience standpoint and identified six elements in common: ability and/or willingness to find opportunities in crisis; partnerships with external actors; human and social capital within the community; generation of income opportunities and/or guarantee of rights; existence of spaces that favor social interaction; and agency oriented to collective mobilization and problem solving. Elements were interconnected and often reinforced one another, generating amplifying feedback, which is seen in the repetition and improvement of practices and attitudes over time and space. Agency was a prominent catalyst for self-organization by generating amplifying feedback that positively affected other elements; it was an element of the feedback chain reinforced by the benefits reaped at the individual level. When collective interests prevailed over individual ones, it was less likely to generate feedback that inhibited self-organization. We argued that ordinary relationships related to different cultural practices and livelihoods were important exercises of collective action that provided communities with a repertoire of responses that could be activated in times of crisis, thus enhancing their capacity to self-organize.

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“…The social network component assessed the strength of the relationship in communities, since it may indicate the adaptive capacity of a society (Tanzil, 2019). A strong social networks can be found in community with a tradition of mutual assistance, social norms, and sense of trust (Carmen et al, 2022). The score of this component between Tanah Merah and Lobuk did not differ much.…”

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Community Livelihood Vulnerability of Tanah Merah and Lobuk in Sumenep Regency to Climate Change

Iliyyan

Boer²,

Hidayati³

2022

Agromet

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Vulnerability assessment is the first step required to determine the mitigation and adaptation policies for climate change. Composite indices, such as the Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI, including the LVI-IPCC) and Sistem Informasi Data Indeks Kerentanan (SIDIK) is a widely known methods of calculating vulnerability since they summarize various aspects of life. Thus, comparing results from different composite indices for vulnerability assessment may provide beneficial insight for stakeholders. This study utilized the LVI, LVI-IPCC, and SIDIK methods with the study sites consisting of Tanah Merah and Lobuk in Sumenep Regency. Calculation results from household interview data showed that based on the LVI, LVI-IPCC, and SIDIK methods, Lobuk and Tanah Merah villages were classified as vulnerable both at the village and household levels. These results appeared in all different combinations of weighting and indexing methods. Despite the slight difference in household vulnerability distribution pattern between each method, the vulnerability scores still fell in the same category. The key indicators driving the vulnerability in Tanah Merah Village are households without waste management, households that have never received training from the government, and households that do not receive disaster early warning. The key indicators driving the vulnerability in Lobuk are households with small land ownership and households with debt. Hence, action recommendations for Tanah Merah are providing waste banks and waste sorting facility, upgrading public capacity through workshops, and adopting social media to share climate-related information, while for Lobuk, this includes the determination of regulatory instruments related to space utilization in the coastal area, mapping area affected by change climate, and financial literacy improvement especially promoting savings in the community.

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

Cited by 111 publications

References 115 publications

The Impact of Flood Adaptation Measures on Affected Population’s Mental Health: A mixed method Scoping Review

The Impact of Flood Adaptation Measures on Affected Population’s Mental Health: A mixed method Scoping Review

What comes after crises? Key elements and insights into feedback amplifying community self-organization

Community Livelihood Vulnerability of Tanah Merah and Lobuk in Sumenep Regency to Climate Change

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