The dynamic process of social capital during recovery from Tropical Storm Irene in Vermont

Community social capital and individual functioning in the post‐disaster context

“…Establishing such linkages may facilitate individual recovery through community‐building and should be a priority for community leaders and local councils. Consoer and Milman () state that leadership by individual community leaders, local non‐governmental organisations, and actors with formally organised recovery assistance groups (such as the state government), coupled with pre‐existing bonding social ties, provide a framework for effective community disaster response and recovery. Pre‐existing dyad social ties can be leveraged to build extensive social networks that afford access to diverse resources in the post‐disaster context.…”

“…Indeed, some scholars suggests that by displacing residents and destabilising communities, disasters eliminate pre‐event social capital, making it irrelevant to disaster recovery (Richie and Gill, ; Gill, Picou, and Richie, ). Others contend that pre‐existing ‘stocks’ of social ties act as a vital foundation from which diverse social networks can evolve in the post‐disaster context (Kawachi and Subramanian, ; Consoer and Milman, ). These social networks generate the social conditions necessary for the development of emergent recovery groups (Kawachi and Subramanian, ; Consoer and Milman, ), also referred to as ‘altruistic communities’ (Quarantelli and Dynes, ; Kaniasty and Norris, ; Wind and Komproe, ), and enable communities to establish linkages with external resource providers (Consoer and Milman, ).…”

Returning to normalcy in the short term: a preliminary examination of recovery from Hurricane Harvey among individuals with home damage

“…Coleman () says that social capital can be viewed as a resource that community members leverage for mutually beneficial interests. The use of social capital is important in fostering community resilience following a disaster, or in the ability of a community to recover (Norris et al, ; Aldrich, ; Consoer and Milman, ; Aldrich, Page, and Paul, ). Aldrich () points out that the social networks that form the foundation of a community's social capital serve three primary functions in fostering community resiliency in the wake of a crisis: enabling information dissemination; enhancing community organisation; and motivating community engagement in rebuilding efforts—which is needed to return to normalcy quickly.…”

“…Utilisation of social capital is an important factor in fostering community resilience in the context of a disaster, or in enhancing the ability of a community to recover subsequently (Norris et al, ; Aldrich, ; Aldrich, Page, and Paul, ; Consoer and Milman, ). Hence, the study employs a variable to measure the amount of social capital in each county in which a respondent lived in at the time of Harvey.…”

Killing Martin county : resiliency in a central Appalachian community.

“…Resiliency scholarship also stresses the importance of social capital for resiliency processes (Grube & Storr 2013;Consoer & Milman 2016). Social capital constitutes a wide range of elements, and because of this, it is difficult to define and conceptualize (Cagney et al 2015).…”