8. Cultural Dimensions and Vulnerability
The chapter explores the complex relationship between culture, vulnerability, and disaster recovery within the built environment. It emphasizes the significance of cultural dimensions in shaping livelihoods and community responses to disasters. Various frameworks and theories, such as Bourdieu's cultural capital and Lim's model of cultural environment, are utilized to analyze these interactions and their implications for development practices.
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What we have learnt
- Cultural factors play a crucial role in shaping community responses to disaster and recovery processes.
- The built environment and its associated cultural contexts influence livelihoods and vulnerability.
- Understanding the interplay between culture and development is essential for effective post-disaster humanitarian efforts.
Key Concepts
- -- Cultural Capital
- Involves inherited, objectified, and institutional forms of capital that influence social behavior and access to resources in contexts like disaster recovery.
- -- Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
- A model developed to understand how individuals and groups access resources to organize their livelihoods and engage in change within their contexts.
- -- Vulnerability Context
- Refers to the various factors that affect a community's ability to respond and adapt to disasters, including social, economic, and cultural influences.
- -- Responsive Environments
- A theory that emphasizes how spatial and ecological considerations should be integrated into understanding and designing community environments, especially post-disaster.
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