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From Strangers to Neighbors : Post-Disaster Resettlement and Community Building in Honduras / Ryan Alaniz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (196 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781477314104
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.34/92283097283 23
LOC classification:
  • HN160.C6 A53 2017
  • HN160.C6 A53 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. The Perilous Path: From Resettlement to Community -- Chapter Two. The Consequences of Hurricane Mitch -- Chapter Three. Community Development in the Context of Disaster Resettlement -- Chapter Four. Measuring Successful Resettlement -- Chapter Five. Suyapa -- Chapter Six. Pino Alto -- Chapter Seven. From Strangers to Neighbors: The Development of Community -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary: Natural disasters, the effects of climate change, and political upheavals and war have driven tens of millions of people from their homes and spurred intense debates about how governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should respond with long-term resettlement strategies. Many resettlement efforts have focused primarily on providing infrastructure and have done little to help displaced people and communities rebuild social structure, which has led to resettlement failures throughout the world. So what does it take to transform a resettlement into a successful community? This book offers the first long-term comparative study of social outcomes through a case study of two Honduran resettlements built for survivors of Hurricane Mitch (1998) by two different NGOs. Although residents of each arrived from the same affected neighborhoods and have similar demographics, twelve years later one resettlement wrestles with high crime, low participation, and low social capital, while the other maintains low crime, a high degree of social cohesion, participation, and general social health. Using a multi-method approach of household surveys, interviews, ethnography, and analysis of NGO and community documents, Ryan Alaniz demonstrates that these divergent resettlement trajectories can be traced back to the type and quality of support provided by external organizations and the creation of a healthy, cohesive community culture. His findings offer important lessons and strategies that can be utilized in other places and in future resettlement policy to achieve the most effective and positive results.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. The Perilous Path: From Resettlement to Community -- Chapter Two. The Consequences of Hurricane Mitch -- Chapter Three. Community Development in the Context of Disaster Resettlement -- Chapter Four. Measuring Successful Resettlement -- Chapter Five. Suyapa -- Chapter Six. Pino Alto -- Chapter Seven. From Strangers to Neighbors: The Development of Community -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index

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Natural disasters, the effects of climate change, and political upheavals and war have driven tens of millions of people from their homes and spurred intense debates about how governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should respond with long-term resettlement strategies. Many resettlement efforts have focused primarily on providing infrastructure and have done little to help displaced people and communities rebuild social structure, which has led to resettlement failures throughout the world. So what does it take to transform a resettlement into a successful community? This book offers the first long-term comparative study of social outcomes through a case study of two Honduran resettlements built for survivors of Hurricane Mitch (1998) by two different NGOs. Although residents of each arrived from the same affected neighborhoods and have similar demographics, twelve years later one resettlement wrestles with high crime, low participation, and low social capital, while the other maintains low crime, a high degree of social cohesion, participation, and general social health. Using a multi-method approach of household surveys, interviews, ethnography, and analysis of NGO and community documents, Ryan Alaniz demonstrates that these divergent resettlement trajectories can be traced back to the type and quality of support provided by external organizations and the creation of a healthy, cohesive community culture. His findings offer important lessons and strategies that can be utilized in other places and in future resettlement policy to achieve the most effective and positive results.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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