Flooding in Informal Communities: Residents’ Response Strategies to Flooding and Their Sustainability Implications in Old Fadama, Accra

The Resilience of a Resettled Flood-Prone Community: An Application of the RABIT Framework in Pasig City, Metro Manila

“…Indeed, items with a strong coefficient for self-organization indicate strong trust in leadership, participation, and mobilization. This finding corresponds to previous studies on self-organization in similar low-income, informal, and marginalized communities in Accra, where community adjustments are made possible through collaboration, network building, and trust in community structures [100,101].…”

“…Rapidity, or swift access to assets such as disaster-related information and resources, is the factor that contributed the least to the community's resilience. Although early warning systems (EWS) are already in place to disseminate disaster-related information [71] in the community, previous studies indicate that access to disaster risk information and communication channels embedded in existing social structures and timely updates improve preparedness and adaptive capacities [100]. Moreover, this points to the importance of an information system that leverages community trust and leadership to further enhance the community's receptiveness and alertness towards disaster risk information and therefore influences their intentions to prepare for present and future risks [105,106].…”

The moderating role of Covid-19-related support on urban livelihood capitals: Evidence from suburban Accra

“…Indeed, health epidemics and pandemics disrupt social capital but also generate cascading effects in long-term economic, social, and cultural dimensions ( Aassve, et al, 2020 ). Yet, social networks and resources within communities are essential for coping and recovering from crises situations ( Alonge et al, 2019 ; Fatemi et al, 2020 ; Abunyewah et al, 2022 ), including health pandemics ( Frimpong et al, 2022 ; Alfano, 2022 ; Wong & Kohler, 2020 ). Nonetheless, this study hypothesizes that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacts social capital given the nature of COVID-19 pandemic policies such as social distancing, post-exposure quarantining, shelter-in-place orders, and travel bans that restricted movement and interactions.…”