Most of us seem to know intuitively that resilience matters for post-disaster recovery, yet we also know that Haiti desperately needs the international community to create opportunity for advancement. In this essay, I try to answer two questions. First, what are some of the social sources of resilience? And second, how can the state and international organizations identify and acknowledge these sources of resilience, thus amplifying the positive effects of disaster relief and rebuilding efforts in Haiti?
Posts Tagged ‘resilience’
February 24th, 2010
Disaster, religion, and resilience
posted by Margarita A. MooneyTags: belief, Haiti, humanitarianism, resilience, social science
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