Building Community Resilience via Developing Community Capital toward Sustainability

Experiences from a Hakka Settlement in Taiwan

Bibliographic Data

ID15460313
AuthorsRung-Jiun Chou (0000-0001-7497-3313, Chung Yuan Christian University), Feng-Tzu Huang (0000-0002-3431-832X, Dayeh University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue17
Pages9012-9012
Publication date2021-08-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18179012
PMID34501601
OpenAlexW3193950383
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited34

Developing community capital is widely viewed as a way to address community resilience-related issues toward sustainability. Based on a Taiwanese, peri-urban, Hakka settlement, this article presents findings on the practical factors in the development of community capital via farm-to-table and community care, and their implications for a resilient, healthy community. It shows that community capital arising from the pond farming, pond education, and community service systems can interact to support its diversity and linkability. The pond-based social network is identified as the key to mitigating the impacts of community challenges regarding food safety concerns, environmental degradation, and aging population. It argues that the pond-based food landscape, communal network, and a borderless campus can enhance community capital as well as play significant parts in achieving community sustainability by promoting residents' health and well-being

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