Disaster as a Springboard for Thriving Resilient Communities
This article, published in December 2013 by the Society of Organizational Learning’s Reflections Magazine, explores what happens when catastrophe fundamentally shifts the world we know. On March 11, 2011, the triple disasters of earthquake, tsunami, and radiation leak devastated northeastern Japan. In the aftermath, people from throughout the country began to gather not just to […]
Building Resilience
Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery by Daniel P. Aldrich examines why responses to disaster recovery vary greatly in ways not explained by the magnitude of catastrophe or amount of aid provided. The difference between resilience and disrepair, Aldrich shows, lies in the depth of communities’ social capital. The book highlights the critical role […]