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Evaluating Community Partnerships Addressing Community Resilience in Los Angeles, California
Malcolm V Williams1, Anita Chandra2, Asya Spears3
1RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA. mwilliam@rand.org.
Summary
Community resilience coalitions showed differences in network size and trust over time. Training influenced coalition activities, offering insights for organizations enhancing community disaster preparedness and response.
Area of Science:
- Disaster response and recovery
- Community resilience
- Social network analysis
Background:
- Community resilience is crucial for disaster response, yet measuring relational aspects is challenging.
- Existing research lacks detailed insights into the quality and content of inter-organizational relationships for resilience building.
- Understanding these dynamics is vital for effective disaster preparedness strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To measure the number, type, and quality of relationships within community resilience coalitions.
- To compare outcomes between community resilience and preparedness-focused coalitions.
- To identify factors influencing partnership development and activity engagement.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a social network survey across 16 coalitions in the Los Angeles Community Disaster Resilience project.
- Randomized coalitions into community resilience or preparedness approaches with expert facilitation.
- Measured coalition size, trust, activities, and partner participation at two time points.
Main Results:
- Community resilience coalitions started larger with lower initial trust, but trust differences diminished over time.
- Both coalition types grew, though resilience coalitions maintained their size advantage.
- Resilience coalitions implemented different activities, directly linked to provided training, indicating training effectiveness.
Conclusions:
- Community resilience coalitions can be effectively fostered through targeted training and support.
- Network size and trust dynamics evolve within coalitions, impacting engagement.
- Findings provide practical guidance for organizations aiming to strengthen community-based disaster resilience networks.
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