How does social capital facilitate community disaster resilience? A systematic review

IntroductionCommunity disaster resilience has emerged as a significant research topic within the domain of disaster risk management. One promising approach to enhance community disaster resilience lies in fostering social capital participation within the framework of community disaster risk manageme...

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Main Authors: Guanhu Zhao, Xu Hui, Fazhen Zhao, Lufang Feng, Yao Lu, Yuting Zhang
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1496813/full
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description IntroductionCommunity disaster resilience has emerged as a significant research topic within the domain of disaster risk management. One promising approach to enhance community disaster resilience lies in fostering social capital participation within the framework of community disaster risk management. However, there is currently limited systematic evidence illustrating how social capital facilitates community disaster resilience.MethodsA comprehensive search of the electronic databases yielded a total of 1,021 papers deemed to be relevant to the topic under investigation. Using rigorous inclusion criteria, this study identified 24 studies that met the final review requirements. Based on this foundation, this paper demonstrates how social capital facilitates community disaster resilience through a systematic review utilizing thematic content analysis.ResultsThis study identifies five critical mechanisms through which social capital facilitates community disaster resilience, including (1) social learning, (2) collective action, (3) disaster preparedness, (4) information communication, and (5) moral or civic responsibility. Furthermore, social capital mechanisms for enhancing community disaster resilience are observed across social (man-made) and natural disaster scenarios.ConclusionThese findings provide valuable guidelines for risk management practice by social capital to improve community disaster resilience: (1) enhance community residents’ risk perception and social learning capacity; (2) reinforcing offline face-to-face and social media-based disaster risk communication; (3) placing greater emphasis on the capacity for community collective action and disaster preparedness.
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spelling doaj-art-95bb959931684d68ad3f1b670d8da9a12025-01-06T06:59:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Science2296-665X2025-01-011210.3389/fenvs.2024.14968131496813How does social capital facilitate community disaster resilience? A systematic reviewGuanhu Zhao0Guanhu Zhao1Xu Hui2Xu Hui3Fazhen Zhao4Fazhen Zhao5Fazhen Zhao6Lufang Feng7Lufang Feng8Yao Lu9Yao Lu10Yuting Zhang11Yuting Zhang12School of Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaResearch Center for Emergency Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaEvidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaCentre for Evidence-Based Social Science/Center for Health Technology Assessment, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaSchool of Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaResearch Center for Emergency Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaLanzhou University Library, Lanzhou, ChinaSchool of Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaResearch Center for Emergency Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaSchool of Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaResearch Center for Emergency Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaSchool of Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaResearch Center for Emergency Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaIntroductionCommunity disaster resilience has emerged as a significant research topic within the domain of disaster risk management. One promising approach to enhance community disaster resilience lies in fostering social capital participation within the framework of community disaster risk management. However, there is currently limited systematic evidence illustrating how social capital facilitates community disaster resilience.MethodsA comprehensive search of the electronic databases yielded a total of 1,021 papers deemed to be relevant to the topic under investigation. Using rigorous inclusion criteria, this study identified 24 studies that met the final review requirements. Based on this foundation, this paper demonstrates how social capital facilitates community disaster resilience through a systematic review utilizing thematic content analysis.ResultsThis study identifies five critical mechanisms through which social capital facilitates community disaster resilience, including (1) social learning, (2) collective action, (3) disaster preparedness, (4) information communication, and (5) moral or civic responsibility. Furthermore, social capital mechanisms for enhancing community disaster resilience are observed across social (man-made) and natural disaster scenarios.ConclusionThese findings provide valuable guidelines for risk management practice by social capital to improve community disaster resilience: (1) enhance community residents’ risk perception and social learning capacity; (2) reinforcing offline face-to-face and social media-based disaster risk communication; (3) placing greater emphasis on the capacity for community collective action and disaster preparedness.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1496813/fullsocial capitalcommunity disaster resiliencerisk managementthematic synthesissystematic review
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Yuting Zhang
How does social capital facilitate community disaster resilience? A systematic review
Frontiers in Environmental Science
social capital
community disaster resilience
risk management
thematic synthesis
systematic review
title How does social capital facilitate community disaster resilience? A systematic review
title_full How does social capital facilitate community disaster resilience? A systematic review
title_fullStr How does social capital facilitate community disaster resilience? A systematic review
title_full_unstemmed How does social capital facilitate community disaster resilience? A systematic review
title_short How does social capital facilitate community disaster resilience? A systematic review
title_sort how does social capital facilitate community disaster resilience a systematic review
topic social capital
community disaster resilience
risk management
thematic synthesis
systematic review
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1496813/full
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