Community capitals and disaster recovery: Northwood ND recovers from an EF 4 tornado

Uncertainty and Control in the Context of a Category‐Five Tornado

“…Participants in this investigation consistently spoke of the role of community members in the management of uncertainty across all phases of the tornado. Indeed, a growing body of research speaks to the important role of social capital in disasters (see Cutter, Burton, & Emrich, ; Stofferahn, ). Importantly, Chamlee‐Wright and Storr () found among survivors of Hurricane Katrina that individuals' commitment to a “shared identity of their community as a close‐knit, family‐oriented community comprised of hard workers” (p. 266) created a sense of social capital that benefited recovery.…”

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“…In addition, the CCF was combined with the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) in rural Uganda to gather information necessary for designing sustainable livelihoods programs (Sseguya, Mazur, & Masinde, 2009). Other CCF-based research efforts have focused on community capitals as they pertain to sustainable tourism and livelihoods in Botswana (Stone & Nyaupane, 2018), and disaster preparedness and recovery in the United States (Himes-Cornell et al, 2018;Stofferahn, 2012). This variety and diversity of settings in which the CCF has been used demonstrate its applicability and value in collecting information used to identify and assess suitable programming efforts.…”

“…An investment in one capital will generally have an impact on other capitals in what has been described as a spiraling-up process . Conversely, a deficiency in one of the seven capitals may precipitate a downward spiral as other assets and resources are negatively affected (Stofferahn, 2012). Although the capitals are interrelated, they can be independently examined and defined to foster a better understanding of how each is associated with community assets and liabilities.…”

Analysing news media coverage of the 2015 Nepal earthquake using a community capitals lens: implications for disaster resilience

“…Financial capital is money that facilitates a livelihood and productivity, such as business operations, financial aid, credits, and loans. For instance, in the wake of a tornado in North Dakota, US, in August 2007, Stofferahn () found that public and private insurance, worth more than USD 32 million, and government loans and grants, worth more than USD 22 million, were central to speedy recovery.…”