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Community Resilience as a Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities, and Strategy for Disaster Readiness

Article 2007 EN Green

Communities have the potential to function effectively and adapt successfully in the aftermath of disasters. Drawing upon literatures in several disciplines, we present a theory of resilience that encompasses contemporary understandings of stress, adaptation, wellness, and resource dynamics. Community resilience is a process linking a network of adaptive capacities (resources with dynamic attribut…

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1 Fran H. Norris Corresponding United States Department of Ve… (US) White River Junction VA Medica… (US) +1 —
2 Susan P. Stevens United States Department of Ve… (US) White River Junction VA Medica… (US) +1 —
3 Betty J. Pfefferbaum University of Oklahoma Health … (US)
4 Karen Fraser Wyche University of Oklahoma Health … (US)
5 Rose L. Pfefferbaum Phoenix College (US)

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