Much research has implied that social capital functions as an unqualified 'public good',
enhancing governance, economic performance, and quality-of-life. Scholars of disaster have …

Pakistan suffered large‐scale flooding in summer 2010 that caused damage amounting to
approximately USD 43 billion, claimed the lives of at least 1,700 people, and negatively …

The objective of this research is to determine what important roles are played by social
capital in the implementation of recovery policies for areas affected by disasters. We will …

The purpose of this research is to explore the role social capital played in disaster coping
and the recovery process among the southwest coastal villages of Bangladesh. Qualitative …

Social capital is a common feature among disaster-resilient communities. This research
aims to define how social capital shapes the post-disaster conditions in the 2011 Typhoon …

Social capital is a resource which is embedded in every community and it has been
observed that it plays an important role in different stages of a disaster. Social capital can be …

Post-disaster recovery processes should be considered as opportunities for development,
by revitalizing the local economy and upgrading livelihoods and living conditions. Social …

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 is widely regarded as a key element in recovery from and resilience to
disasters. Yet, little attention has been paid to the specificities of what supports or …

This article explores the role of social capital in community development by focusing on two
South Asian case studies drawn from India and Bangladesh. Both studies recognized social …