A Mixed-Method Study of Princeville's Rebuilding from the Flood of 1999: Lessons on the Importance of Invisible Community Assets

Autor/in	Yoon, Intae
Titel	A Mixed-Method Study of Princeville's Rebuilding from the Flood of 1999: Lessons on the Importance of Invisible Community Assets
Quelle	In: Social Work, 54 (2009) 1, S.19-28 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-8046
Schlagwörter	Community Resources; Social Environment; Social Indicators; Natural Disasters; Financial Problems; Community Problems; Correlation; Depression (Psychology); Social Capital + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziales Umfeld; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Korrelation; Sozialkapital
Abstract	Guided by previous studies and the community assets perspective, a concurrent mixed-method case study was conducted five years after a devastating flood to investigate how invisible community assets played a role in Princeville's rebuilding process from the flood of 1999. The independent variables in this study included retrospectively assessed elected leadership, community cohesion, and depression. The dependent variables were the perceived financial recovery to the pre-disaster level and the current emotional status. The quantitative method (n = 127) indicates a statistically significant relationship between the retrospectively assessed depression and the financial recovery (Spearman's p = 0.327, p less than 0.001). Chi-square coefficient reveals that elected leaders' ability to mobilize needed resources was also significantly related to the financial recovery (Cramers' V = 0.350, p = 0.013). Qualitative methods identified the community's symbolic meaning and unique needs of being an aged community as the most precious internal assets of the community during the rebuilding process. Major implications are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10