A Critical Review of Social Resilience Properties and Pathways in Disaster Management

Saja, A. M.Aslam, , , & Ziyath, Abdul M. (2021) A Critical Review of Social Resilience Properties and Pathways in Disaster Management. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 12(6), pp. 790-804.

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Resilience as a concept is multi-faceted with complex dimensions. In a disaster context, there is lack of consistency in conceptualizing social resilience. This results in ambiguity of its definition, properties, and pathways for assessment. A number of key research gaps exist for critically reviewing social resilience conceptualization, projecting resilience properties in a disaster-development continuum, and delineating a resilience trajectory in a multiple disaster timeline. This review addressed these research gaps by critically reviewing social resilience definitions, properties, and pathways. The review found four variations in social resilience definitions, which recognize the importance of abilities of social systems and processes in disaster phases at different levels. A review of resilience properties and pathways in the disaster resilience literature suggested new resilience properties—“risk-sensitivity” and “regenerative” in the timeline of two consecutive disasters. This review highlights a causal pathway for social resilience to better understand the resilience status in a multi-shock scenario by depicting inherent and adaptive resilience for consecutive disaster scenarios and a historical case study for a resilience trajectory in a multiple disaster timeline. The review findings will assist disaster management policymakers and practitioners to formulate appropriate resilience enhancement strategies within a holistic framework in a multi-disaster timeline.

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ID Code: 226297
Item Type: Contribution to Journal (Journal Article)
Refereed: Yes
ORCID iD:
Teo, Melissaorcid.org/0000-0001-7676-6617
Goonetilleke, Ashanthaorcid.org/0000-0002-8783-1223
Additional Information: Funding Information: We acknowledge the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka (UGCSL) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia for providing research scholarship to the first author for undertaking this study.
Measurements or Duration: 15 pages
Keywords: Community resilience, Disaster resilience, Resilience assessment, Resilience measurement, Resilience properties
DOI: 10.1007/s13753-021-00378-y
ISSN: 2095-0055
Pure ID: 101682968
Divisions: Current > Research Centres > Centre for the Environment
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Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Engineering
Current > Schools > School of Architecture & Built Environment
Current > Schools > School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Funding Information: We acknowledge the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka (UGCSL) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia for providing research scholarship to the first author for undertaking this study.
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