Multi†layered social resilience

Brigit Obrist, Constanze Pfeiffer and Robert Henley
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Brigit Obrist: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland and University of Basel, Institute of Social Anthropology, Basel, Switzerland
Constanze Pfeiffer: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Robert Henley: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Progress in Development Studies, 2010, vol. 10, issue 4, 283-293

Abstract: Research on sustainable development tends to focus on risk and vulnerability. This article argues for a shift of emphasis from vulnerability to resilience. It develops a Multi†layered social resilience framework emphasising the interactions between enabling factors and capacities operating at different levels of society. Enabling factors help to master threats by facilitating access to and transformation of capitals. Capacities lead social actors not only to cope with adverse conditions (reactive) but also to create responses (proactive) that increase competence and thus create pathways for mitigation. This approach redirects attention from managing risk to building resilience – an important prerequisite for sustainable development.

Keywords: vulnerability; sustainable development; social resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/146499340901000402

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