TY - JOUR
T1 - Trajectories of community resilience over a multi-crisis period
T2 - A repeated cross-sectional study among small rural communities in Southern Israel
AU - Shapira, Stav
N1 - Funding Information: The author would like to extend her sincere thanks to Prof. Limor Aaronson-Daniel, the head of the PREPARED research center at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, for the professional guidance and support throughout the years of this research. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author
PY - 2022/6/15
Y1 - 2022/6/15
N2 - Community resilience is posited as a cornerstone in communities’ ability to cope with crises; however, the majority of studies that measured community resilience do not account for the dynamics over time and in the face of different adversities. A repeated cross-sectional design was used, analyzing a succession of surveys spanning a period of six years, to characterize changes in community resilience over a multi-crisis period among small communities in Southern Israel. The results suggest that man-made threats, particularly armed conflicts, erode resiliency to a greater degree than do the Covid-19 viral pandemic. Weak links (such as parents of young children) were identified, and a potential path towards the building of safety nets around them is highlighted, for example by encouraging bonds with healthy veteran residents during peacetime.
AB - Community resilience is posited as a cornerstone in communities’ ability to cope with crises; however, the majority of studies that measured community resilience do not account for the dynamics over time and in the face of different adversities. A repeated cross-sectional design was used, analyzing a succession of surveys spanning a period of six years, to characterize changes in community resilience over a multi-crisis period among small communities in Southern Israel. The results suggest that man-made threats, particularly armed conflicts, erode resiliency to a greater degree than do the Covid-19 viral pandemic. Weak links (such as parents of young children) were identified, and a potential path towards the building of safety nets around them is highlighted, for example by encouraging bonds with healthy veteran residents during peacetime.
KW - Community health
KW - Community resilience
KW - Covid-19
KW - Geopolitical conflict
KW - Man-made hazards
KW - Repeated cross-sectional design
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103006
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103006
M3 - Article
SN - 2212-4209
VL - 76
JO - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
JF - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
M1 - 103006
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