Assessing the Relationship Between Social Vulnerability and Community Resilience to Hazards

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• 作者：Kelly Bergstrand ; Brian Mayer ; Babette Brumback ; Yi Zhang
• 关键词：Social vulnerability ; Community resilience ; Disasters ; Hazard indicators
• 刊名：Social Indicators Research
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：June 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：122
• 期：2
• 页码：391-409
• 全文大小：1,100 KB
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• 作者单位：Kelly Bergstrand (1)
  Brian Mayer (1)
  Babette Brumback (2)
  Yi Zhang (3)
  
  1. School of Sociology, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210027, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0027, USA
  2. Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions College of Medicine, University of Florida, 228 Buckman Drive, P.O. Box 117450, Gainesville, FL, 32611-7450, USA
  3. Department of Biostatistics, Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University, 121 S. Main Street, Box G-S121-7, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
  
• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Social Sciences
  Sociology
  Quality of Life Research
  Microeconomics
  Public Health
  Human Geography
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-0921

文摘

This article contributes to the disaster literature by measuring and connecting two concepts that are highly related but whose relationship is rarely empirically evaluated: social vulnerability and community resilience. To do so, we measure community resilience and social vulnerability in counties across the United States and find a correlation between high levels of vulnerability and low levels of resilience, indicating that the most vulnerable counties also tend to be the least resilient. We also find regional differences in the distribution of community resilience and social vulnerability, with the West being particularly vulnerable while the Southeast is prone to low levels of resilience. By looking at both social vulnerability and community resilience, we are able to map communities-social risks for harm from threats as well as their capacities for recovering and adapting in the aftermath of hazards. This provides a more complete portrait of the communities that might need the most assistance in emergency planning and response, as well as whether such interventions will need to be tailored toward reducing damage or finding the path to recovery.