Developing multi-stakeholder networks to transfer response and recovery related
knowledge between government agencies and flood-prone communities has become an …

In order to better align studies of Sri Lankan disaster management with contemporary
theorizing and extant research results, this contribution provides a first-of-its-kind …

The efficacy of the community response to flood hazards is closely intertwined with its social
capital. Communities with high social capital (robust social networks and cohesive …

The occurrences of disasters around the world illustrate that communities are still
vulnerable, and not sufficiently resilient, to natural and manmade disasters. Disaster …

Connecting to the disaster risk reduction (DRR) studies, community-based initiatives are
found to be more effective in both developed and developing countries, with a specific focus …

Social capital is increasingly recognized as an instrumental aspect of disaster mitigation and
management. The purpose of this research is to examine the empirical evidence of the …

Social capital and socioeconomic networks are becoming increasingly recognized as
important aspects of disaster related studies. This research reveals the empirical evidence of …

Landslide disasters occur suddenly, causing multiple socio-economic burdens on
developing countries. Preserving and enhancing adapting capacity of locals to landslide …

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 …

Social capital constitutes an important resource in vulnerable cities of the developing world
where formal disaster management capacities are weak, responses are limited, and socio …