Shock events uncover deficits in social cohesion and exacerbate existing social inequalities
at the household, community, local, regional, and national levels. National and regional …

Life change affects health. Research aimed at understanding the consequences of life
change has primarily focused on the important roles played by stress, social support …

Social capital provides a number of benefits during crisis scenarios, and high social capital
communities respond more efficaciously than those with low social capital. With this in mind …

British Psychology Society Textbook of the Year 2020 Why do people who are more socially
connected live longer and have better health than those who are socially isolated? Why are …

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not
wreak their damage equally across populations, and every disaster has social dimensions at …

Social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, plays a critical role in disaster management by
propagating emergency information to a disaster-affected community. It ranks as the fourth …

Natural disasters constitute a persistent threat to economic welfare in many places,
particularly in develo** countries. Not only can disasters transform living circumstances …

A leading challenge in measuring social vulnerability to hazards is for output metrics to
better reflect the context in which vulnerability occurs. Through a meta-analysis of 67 flood …

Despite the ubiquity of disaster and the increasing toll in human lives and financial costs,
much research and policy remain focused on physical infrastructure–centered approaches …

Covid-19 has dramatically changed life in cities across the globe. What remains uncertain is
how national policies and appeals to comply with suggested rules translate to changes in …