Shelter recovery in urban Haiti after the earthquake

The Dual Role of Social Capital

Bibliographic Data

ID7750697
AuthorsGuitele J Rahill (0000-0003-2439-027X, Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work‐College of Behavioral and Community Sciences University of South Florida Tampa Florida United States), N Emel Ganapati (0000-0003-0967-9593, Assistant Professor of Public Administration, College of Arts and Sciences Florida International University Miami Florida United States), J Calixte Clérismé (Director of the Centre de Recherche pour le Développement Pétion‐Ville Haiti), Anuradha Mukherji (0000-0003-2315-7062, Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning, Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment East Carolina University Greenville North Carolina United States)
Year2014
Volume38
Issues1
PagesS73-93
Publication date2014-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/disa.12051
PMID24601933
OpenAlexW2117426170
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited49

This paper documents the culture‐specific understanding of social capital among Haitians and examines its benefits and downsides in post‐disaster shelter recovery following the 12 January 2010 earthquake. The case study of shelter recovery processes in three socioeconomically diverse communities (Pétion‐Ville, Delmas and Canapé Vert) in Port‐au‐Prince suggests that social capital plays dual roles in post‐disaster shelter recovery of the displaced population in Haiti. On the one hand, it provides enhanced access to shelter‐related resources for those with connections. On the other hand, it accentuates pre‐existing inequalities or creates new inequalities among displaced Haitians. In some cases, such inequalities lead to tensions between the have and have‐nots and instigate violence among the displaced

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