In the face of what appears to be increasing economic and climate volatility, communities are increasingly trying to understand what steps they can take to be more resilient. One of the building blocks of resilience is social capital or the trust, relationships, and networks within a community and between one community and another. Yellow Wood’s work in community resilience and social capital includes assessment, research and tool development that can help take the mystery out of what makes a resilient community.
Shanna Ratner was an invited participant in National Climate Assessment Rural Communities workshop, which provided input for the Rural Communities chapter of the 2013 Synthesis of the National Climate Assessment.
Yellow Wood worked with Susanne Moser, PhD to explore the issue of community resilience from the perspective of literature and key informant interviews with 25 rural development practitioners from around the country. They identified stages of community…
Yellow Wood conducted a supplementary round of interviews exploring the issue of community resilience. These interviews were with representatives from MDC, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Danville Regional Foundation, Louisiana Disaster Foundation,…
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