... adults during cyclones in coastal Bangladesh. Older adults are disproportionately vulnerable due to limited mobility and a high dependence on diverse social networks. The research examines how different forms of social capital shape the evacuation processes of older populations in rural coastal areas...

... Licensed re-use rights only Caste and ethnicity Emergency relief Mobile sovereignty Nepal earthquake Social capital Large-scale disasters in developing countries cause massive damage to private property and community infrastructures and claim thousands of lives. These catastrophes usually...

... post disaster macro-spaces of Mandakini river valley (India) using change detection analysis and secondary data. Within these macro-spaces, the micro spaces of livelihood and social capital were assessed by selecting two villages for case study. Findings Most important issues faced by communities...

...Pauline Eadie; Yvonne Su Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of disaster rehabilitation interventions on bonding social capital in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda. Design/methodology/approach The data from the project are drawn from eight barangays in Tacloban City...

... to social capital. Findings A shared community risk and a national media campaign to increase public awareness of the issue were catalysts for individuals’ sensitisation and participation in the partnership. The shared risk was the loss of community’s social cohesion, through poverty aggravated...

...Hiromi Nakazato; Seunghoo Lim Purpose Community currency (CC) is used as a tool for reviving local communities by promoting economic growth and facilitating the formation of social capital. Although the Japanese CC movement has stagnated since mid-2005, a new experiment, Fukkou Ouen Chiiki...

... regarding how disaster information is considered to be trustworthy by the affected community and how it can increase collective participation in community-based disaster communication. Social capital Trust Social networks Culture-embedded communication Disaster communication Jalin Merapi Weight...

...Justyna Tasic; Sulfikar Amir Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a concept of informational capital to explain the interplay between social capital and information technology in community-based disaster management. It aims to discuss the role and formation of informational capital...

...Roshan Bhakta Bhandari Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how social capital operated in the lives of 15 respondents from Lalitpur following the massive 1934 Kathmandu Valley earthquake. Based on experiences of the survivors, it attempts to understand how individuals and families...