Research communities across multiple disciplines have demonstrated an increasing concern about variations in the performance of social-ecological systems. In response to this concern, holistic research on resilience explores explanations for the performance of the systems under both predictable...

Ch 1 Community, Market and Government Responses to Disaster (Daniel P. Aldrich, (Yasuyuki Sawada and Sothea Oum) -- Part 1 Family and Community Ties -- Ch 2 Social Capital in Post Disaster Recovery: Towards a Resilient and Compassionate East (Asian Community (Daniel P. Aldrich) -- Ch 3 The Role...

The theory of change behind this project draws on multiple constructs, including elder empowerment, community bonding, social capital, and community resilience. We use qualitative and quantitative data to show that: 1. Empowering elders changes the way they feel about their role in their...

Disasters remain among the most critical events which impact residents and their neighborhoods; they have killed far more individuals than high salience issues such as terrorism. Unfortunately, disaster recovery programs run by the United States and foreign governments have not been updated to...