Upheaval”

Unpacking the dynamic balance between place attachment and social capital in disaster recovery

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ID11054944
AuthorsSherri Brokopp Binder (0000-0002-8004-9407, BrokoppBinder Research & Consulting Allentown Pennsylvania USA, corresponding author), Charlene K Baker (0000-0001-7223-6424, Department of Psychology University of Hawai'i at Manoa Honolulu Hawaii USA), Liesel Ashley Ritchie (0000-0002-9960-3260, Virginia Tech), John P Barile (0000-0003-4098-0640, Department of Psychology University of Hawai'i at Manoa Honolulu Hawaii USA), Alex Greer (0000-0002-5910-1637, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Albany New York USA)
Year2023
Volume72
Issue3-4
Pages378-394
Publication date2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajcp.12697
PMID37565642
OpenAlexW4385751260
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited68

A growing body of literature demonstrates that both place attachment and social capital play considerable, and likely interdependent, roles in disaster recovery. This paper contributes to our understanding of these constructs by presenting findings from a longitudinal, mixed‐methods study of communities impacted by a home buyout program implemented in New York after Hurricane Sandy ( N = 111). Results suggest a dynamic balance between place dependence, place identity, and bonding social capital, in which the relative importance of each construct can shift over time, and where losses in one of these areas may lead to cascading losses in the other areas. For buyout participants, increases in place dependence were associated with increases in bonding social capital, indicating that relocatees either regained both place dependence and bonding social capital in their new homes and communities, or they lost and did not regain both, depending on whether their new home and community met their emotional and functional needs sufficiently. For residents who remained in place, higher levels of place dependence were associated with losses in bonding social capital, reflecting the potential consequences of living in postdisaster limbo. Implications for future buyout research, policy, and practice are discussed

Bond · Business · Construct (python library) · Demographic economics · Economics · Interdependence · Place attachment · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · Finance · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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