Mobilising Resources for Resilience

What lies beyond social capital? The role of social psychology in building community resilience to climate change.

“…It comprises community action, flexibility, collective efficacy, and empowerment. However, current theorizing on community resilience is less specific about the mechanisms that underlie the operation of social capital and lead to community action in the face of adversity (Shreve & Fordham, 2019). Wickes et al (2015) suggested that the beneficial aspects of richer and stronger social ties do not exist a priori but are manifested when community members organize and undertake specific social actions on behalf of their community.…”

“…There have been many approaches to social capital in relation to community resilience (Shreve & Fordham, 2019). Social capital is defined as, "the aggregate of the actual or potential resources which are linked to possession of a durable network of more or less institutionalized relationships of mutual acquaintance and recognition" (Bourdieu, 1986, p. 21).…”