The association between social cohesion and community disaster resilience: a cross‐sectional study

• Main Authors: Mohamed Ludin, Salizar, Rohaizat, Munirah, Arbon, Paul
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2019
• Subjects: HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform; HT51 Human settlements. Communities; RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/67023/13/67023_The%20association%20between%20social%20cohesion_artcile_new.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/67023/14/67023_The%20association%20between%20social%20cohesion_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/67023/7/67023_The%20association%20between%20social%20cohesion%20and%20community%20disaster%20resilience%20A%20cross-sectional%20study_wos.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/67023/; http:// wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/hsc

A cross‐sectional study design was created, using the Index of Perceived Community Resilience (IPCR) and Buckner’s Index of Cohesion (BIC) to survey 386 flood evacuees from six communities in Kelantan, Malaysia, in 2015. The respondents were mostly female (54.7%); lived in basic housing (95.6%);...