ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |13 pages
Introduction
chapter |38 pages
Towards a Framework for Understanding Community Resilience
chapter |32 pages
Social Memory
Community Learning, Tradition, Stakeholder Networks and Community Resilience
chapter |34 pages
Path Dependency
‘Lock-in' Mechanisms, Power Structures and Pathways of the (Im)possible at Community Level
