@article{ref1,
title="Social capital building interventions and self-reported post-disaster recovery in Ofunato, Japan",
journal="Scientific reports",
year="2022",
author="Lee, Juheon and Aldrich, Daniel P. and Kiyota, Emi and Yasuhiro, Tanaka and Sawada, Yasuyuki",
volume="12",
number="1",
pages="e10274-e10274",
abstract="Evidence shows that communal resources, cohesion, and social infrastructure can mitigate shocks and enhance resilience. However, we know less about how specific social capital building interventions facilitate recovery in post-disaster environments. Using a survey of over 1000 residents of Ofunato, Japan after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, this study demonstrates that the individuals who actively participated in a community center-created for and led by neighborhood elders-reported higher levels of family and neighborhood recovery than similar individuals who did not participate. <br><br>RESULTS from ordinal logistic regression analyses, propensity score matching (PSM) and coarsened exact matching (CEM) show arguably stronger causal links between bottom-up, microlocal programs to boost connections in post-disaster areas and post-disaster outcomes. Community-based programs that strengthen social ties even among elderly residents can measurably improve their recoveries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2045-2322",
doi="10.1038/s41598-022-14537-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14537-8"
}