TY - JOUR
T1 - Social support from bonding and bridging relationships in disaster recovery
T2 - findings from a slow-onset disaster
AU - Nguyen-Trung, Kien
AU - Forbes-Mewett, Helen
AU - Arunachalam, Dharmalingam
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Despite of growing scholarship discussing the role of social capital in disaster recovery, little has been known about the connection between forms of social capital (bonding and bridging social capital) and disaster recovery in the context of slow-onset disaster such as drought. This study employs a qualitative standpoint to explore how disaster-affected households seek support from bonding and bridging social capital during their recovery. The study draws on semi-structured interviews with 28 disaster-affected households and 21 key stakeholders including local authorities, mass organisation's representatives, agricultural input suppliers. The paper finds out that while bonding social capital played a crucial role throughout recovery phases, bridging social capital only become important when it comes to long-term recovery. The paper also shows that types of support and the use of support were affected by household poverty, land holdings, and ethnicity of household head.
AB - Despite of growing scholarship discussing the role of social capital in disaster recovery, little has been known about the connection between forms of social capital (bonding and bridging social capital) and disaster recovery in the context of slow-onset disaster such as drought. This study employs a qualitative standpoint to explore how disaster-affected households seek support from bonding and bridging social capital during their recovery. The study draws on semi-structured interviews with 28 disaster-affected households and 21 key stakeholders including local authorities, mass organisation's representatives, agricultural input suppliers. The paper finds out that while bonding social capital played a crucial role throughout recovery phases, bridging social capital only become important when it comes to long-term recovery. The paper also shows that types of support and the use of support were affected by household poverty, land holdings, and ethnicity of household head.
KW - Bonding social capital
KW - Bridging social capital
KW - Disaster recovery
KW - Slow-onset disaster
KW - Social support
KW - Vietnam
KW - Vietnamese Mekong River Delta
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078998983&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101501
DO - 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101501
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078998983
VL - 46
JO - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
JF - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
SN - 2212-4209
M1 - 101501
ER -