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With austerity being the new norm, commissioners must tap into their community to make ends meet, says Richard Selwyn

"Told through the voices of local community leaders, this book analyzes how communities respond to natural disasters and how outsiders contribute positively--or negatively--to their response, promoting debate on the role of aid and the media in times of crisis"--

1. Introduction -- 2. Towards a framework for understanding community resilience -- 3. Transition theory : environmental pathways and resilient communities -- 4. Social memory : community learning, tradition, stakeholder networks and community resilience -- 5. Path dependency : 'lock-in' mechanisms, power structures and pathways of the (im)possible at community level -- 6. Transitional corridors : macro-structural influences and community resilience -- 7. Community resilience and the policy challenge -- 8. Conclusions.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Resilience -- 3. Risk -- 4. Community, cohesion and organisations -- 5. Preparation and planning -- 6. Response and recovery -- 7. Adaptation and transformation -- 8. Community resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

"This book provides an alternative perspective on community resilience, drawing on critical sociological and social policy insights about how people individually and collectively cope with different kinds of adversity. Based on the idea that resilience is more than simply an invention of neoliberal governments, this book explores diverse expressions of resilience and considers what supports and undermines people's resilience in different contexts. Focusing on the UK, it examines the contradictions and limitations of neoliberal resilience policies and the role of policy in shaping how vulnerabilities are distributed and how resilience is manifested. The book explores resilience by looking at different types of resilience from anticipatory planning, through response and recovery to adaptation and transformation, explored in relation to different types of threat such as financial hardship, disasters and climate change. It argues that resilience cannot act as an antidote to vulnerability, and aims to demonstrate the importance of shared institutions in underpinning resilience and in preventing socially created vulnerabilities. It will be of interest to academics, students and well-informed practitioners working with the concept of resilience within the subject areas of Sociology, Social Policy, Human Geography, Environmental Humanities and International Development"--

This book discusses the resilience of communities in both developed and developing world contexts. It investigates the notion of 'resilience' and the challenges faced by local communities around the world to deal with disturbances (natural hazards or human-made) that may threaten their long-term survival. Using global examples, specific emphasis is placed on how learning processes, traditions, policies and politics affect the resilience of communities and what constraints and opportunities exist for communities to raise resilience levels.

Despite the ubiquity of disaster and the increasing toll in human lives and financial costs, much research and policy remain focused on physical infrastructure–centered approaches to such events. Governmental organizations such as the Department of Homeland Security, United States Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States Agency for International Development, and United Kingdom's Department for International Development continue to spend heavily on hardening levees, raising existing homes, and repairing damaged facilities despite evidence that social, not physical, infrastructure drives resilience. This article highlights the critical role of social capital and networks in disaster survival and recovery and lays out recent literature and evidence on the topic. We look at definitions of social capital, measurement and proxies, types of social capital, and mechanisms and application. The article concludes with concrete policy recommendations for disaster managers, government decision makers, and nongovernmental organizations for increasing resilience to catastrophe through strengthening social infrastructure at the community level.

East Timor's tumultuous history of colonisation and military occupation has been accompanied by waves of displacement and relocation of communities. Many of those forcibly relocated have had to adopt a variety of strategies to secure a viable existence in their new surroundings. Adapted from the source document.