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Given the ever-increasing impacts from disasters (FEMA 2020), it is more important than ever to develop strong public/private partnerships to enhance preparedness and post disaster recovery. Structural social capital is a part of this partnership and is considered a crucial element for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. The structural dimension of social capital includes social institutions and their capacity to work in cooperation to achieve a common good. The hazards and climate change literature put emphasis on the importance of social institutions for the purpose of disaster recovery; however, how the capabilities of social institutions can impact the recovery process has not been thoroughly analyzed. For better utilization of social institutions, it is important to assess the factors that strengthen or weaken the social institutions contributing to disaster response and recovery trajectories. This study analyzes the association between structural social capital of institutions and their capabilities for disaster recovery and demonstrates how capabilities of institutions can have positive impact on the structural social capital and thus in turn affect the recovery trajectories. |
