TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Influence of personal and collective social capital on flood preparedness and community resilience: evidence from Old Fadama, Ghana
JO  - International journal of disaster risk reduction
A1  - Abunyewah, Matthew
A1  - Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael Odei
A1  - Okyere, Seth Asare
A1  - Thayaparan, Gajendran
A1  - Byrne, Mitchell
A1  - Lassa, Jonatan
A1  - Zander, Kerstin K.
A1  - Fatemi, Md. Nawrose
A1  - Maund, Kim
SP  - e103790
EP  - e103790
VL  - 94
IS  - 
N2  - Social capital constitutes an important resource in vulnerable cities of the developing world where formal disaster management capacities are weak, responses are limited, and socio-economic deprivations run deep along spatial dimensions. Yet, little is known about how the different types of social capital contribute to flood preparedness and better community resilience, particularly in informal settlement settings. Drawing on a survey of 391 respondents in Old Fadama, an informal settlement in Ghana, and using structural equation modelling, we found that personal and collective social capitals are significant predictors of flood preparedness and community resilience. However, collective social capital has a stronger predictive ability than personal social capital. Also, flood preparedness mediated the relationship between personal and collective social capital and community resilience. This makes it imperative for disaster managers and policymakers to recognise and work within the existing individual and collective networks, which has the potential to activate "soft" capital accumulation necessary to transition communities from vulnerability to resilience.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2212-4209
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103790
ID  - ref1
ER  -