IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/nathaz/v121y2025i10d10.1007_s11069-025-07213-3.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

An in-depth literature review for developing a conceptual model of social resilience against disasters triggered by natural hazards

Author

Listed:
  • Sima Abedi

    (Islamic Azad University)

  • Hassan Sajadzadeh

    (Bu-Ali Sina University)

  • Marjan Khanmohammadi

    (Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University)

Abstract

With its emphasis on the capacities of social institutions and improvement of social preparedness against instabilities resulting from natural hazards, social resilience is now considered to be an effective measure in risk management. Assessment of community resilience requires examination of different aspects but the majority of existing frameworks focus on only one or a few aspects. This study aims to provide a comprehensive and inclusive conceptual framework for social resilience against disasters triggered by natural hazards. For this purposes, using meta-analysis in the form of PRISMA, in-depth analysis of 132 articles published during the past 30 years. Qualitative indicators and quantitative parameters that can guide the selection and proper operationalization of social resilience characteristics based on their application was analyzed. The proposed model incorporates various dimensions each of which represent an aspect of the society and all are necessary for the realization of resilience against natural hazards. The five dimensions of this generalizable model proposed for measurement of community resilience, improvement of effective reactions to disasters triggered by natural hazards and development of risk-mitigation policies are: supportive-participatory (social capital/quality of life and lifestyle); semantic-perceptual (identity/place attachment/attitudes and beliefs); behavioral-personal (social structure/ education); functional-physical (safety and social security / flexibility); and institutional-managerial (social justice/community efficiency), which are formed by 11 main features and 32 indicators.

Suggested Citation

  • Sima Abedi & Hassan Sajadzadeh & Marjan Khanmohammadi, 2025. "An in-depth literature review for developing a conceptual model of social resilience against disasters triggered by natural hazards," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 121(10), pages 11223-11273, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:121:y:2025:i:10:d:10.1007_s11069-025-07213-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-025-07213-3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11069-025-07213-3
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s11069-025-07213-3?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to

    for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Wilson, Geoff A. & Schermer, Markus & Stotten, Rike, 2018. "The resilience and vulnerability of remote mountain communities: The case of Vent, Austrian Alps," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 372-383.
    2. Marta Suárez & Erik Gómez-Baggethun & Javier Benayas & Daniella Tilbury, 2016. "Towards an Urban Resilience Index: A Case Study in 50 Spanish Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(8), pages 1-19, August.
    3. Sandra Derissen & Martin Quaas & Stefan Baumgärtner, 2009. "The relationship between resilience and sustainable development of ecological-economic systems," Working Paper Series in Economics 146, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics.
    4. Farah Mulyasari & Rajib Shaw, 2013. "Role of women as risk communicators to enhance disaster resilience of Bandung, Indonesia," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 69(3), pages 2137-2160, December.
    5. Fikret Berkes, 2007. "Understanding uncertainty and reducing vulnerability: lessons from resilience thinking," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 41(2), pages 283-295, May.
    6. Helen Boon & Alison Cottrell & David King & Robert Stevenson & Joanne Millar, 2012. "Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory for modelling community resilience to natural disasters," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 60(2), pages 381-408, January.
    7. Laura Camfield, 2012. "Resilience and Well-being Among Urban Ethiopian Children: What Role Do Social Resources and Competencies Play?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 107(3), pages 393-410, July.
    8. Christopher G. Burton, 2015. "A Validation of Metrics for Community Resilience to Natural Hazards and Disasters Using the Recovery from Hurricane Katrina as a Case Study," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 105(1), pages 67-86, January.
    9. Kirsten Maclean & Michael Cuthill & Helen Ross, 2014. "Six attributes of social resilience," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(1), pages 144-156, January.
    10. Kelly Bergstrand & Brian Mayer & Babette Brumback & Yi Zhang, 2015. "Assessing the Relationship Between Social Vulnerability and Community Resilience to Hazards," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 122(2), pages 391-409, June.
    11. Susan L. Cutter & Bryan J. Boruff & W. Lynn Shirley, 2003. "Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 84(2), pages 242-261, June.
    12. Martin Endress, 2015. "The Social Constructedness of Resilience," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 4(3), pages 1-13, July.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Wenmin Qin & Aiwen Lin & Jian Fang & Lunche Wang & Man Li, 2017. "Spatial and temporal evolution of community resilience to natural hazards in the coastal areas of China," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 89(1), pages 331-349, October.
    2. Yongdeng Lei & Jing’ai Wang & Yaojie Yue & Hongjian Zhou & Weixia Yin, 2014. "Rethinking the relationships of vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation from a disaster risk perspective," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 70(1), pages 609-627, January.
    3. Jonathan W. F. Remo & Nicholas Pinter & Moe Mahgoub, 2016. "Assessing Illinois’s flood vulnerability using Hazus-MH," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 81(1), pages 265-287, March.
    4. Rike Stotten, 2024. "The natural domain and its social representation in the community resilience concept," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(2), pages 1458-1470, April.
    5. Hui Xu & Yang Li & Lin Wang, 2020. "Resilience Assessment of Complex Urban Public Spaces," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(2), pages 1-21, January.
    6. Kuan-Hui Elaine Lin & Hsiang-Chieh Lee & Thung-Hong Lin, 2017. "How does resilience matter? An empirical verification of the relationships between resilience and vulnerability," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 88(2), pages 1229-1250, September.
    7. Xuchao Yang & Lin Lin & Yizhe Zhang & Tingting Ye & Qian Chen & Cheng Jin & Guanqiong Ye, 2019. "Spatially Explicit Assessment of Social Vulnerability in Coastal China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(18), pages 1-20, September.
    8. Bin Shi & Hongtao Liu & Lu Huang & Yang Zhang & Zhangyong Xiang, 2023. "Increasing Vulnerability of Village Heritage: Evidence from 123 Villages in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-29, November.
    9. Wei Liu & Jingxuan Zhang & Long Qian, 2022. "Measuring Community Resilience and Its Determinants: Relocated Vulnerable Community in Western China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-20, December.
    10. Yun-fei Zhao & Jian-min Cai & Lan Tang & Hai-bo Li & Shi-yu Hu & Hui-ge Xing, 2024. "Hierarchical and networked analysis of resilience factors in mountain communities in Southwest China," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 120(2), pages 1519-1556, January.
    11. Kyle D. Buck & Rebecca J. Dunn & Mary K. Bennett & Justin J. Bousquin, 2023. "Influence of cross-scale measures on neighborhood resilience," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 119(2), pages 1011-1040, November.
    12. Ruby W. Grantham & Murray A. Rudd, 2017. "Household susceptibility to hydrological change in the Lower Mekong Basin," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 41(1), pages 3-17, February.
    13. Sindhuja Kasthala & D. Parthasarathy & K. Narayanan & Arun B. Inamdar, 2024. "Classification and Evaluation of Current Climate Vulnerability Assessment Methods," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 171(2), pages 605-639, January.
    14. F. Grelot & J. Arnal & Pauline Bremond & Katrin Erdlenbruch & C. Durand & S. Durand & G. Gleyses & P. Jarnet & M. Liberti & S. Martini & A. Richard-Ferroudji & L. Albrecht & Jean-Stéphane Bailly & N. , 2009. "Risk perception and economic valuation of flood exposure. Study of two hydrologically contrasted territories [Perception du risque et évaluation économique de l'exposition aux inondations. Étude de," Working Papers hal-02593242, HAL.
    15. Paul M. Johnson & Corey E. Brady & Craig Philip & Hiba Baroud & Janey V. Camp & Mark Abkowitz, 2020. "A Factor Analysis Approach Toward Reconciling Community Vulnerability and Resilience Indices for Natural Hazards," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 40(9), pages 1795-1810, September.
    16. Maria Rosa Trovato & Claudia Clienti & Salvatore Giuffrida, 2020. "People and the City: Urban Fragility and the Real Estate-Scape in a Neighborhood of Catania, Italy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-37, July.
    17. Christopher G. Burton & Miguel Toquica & Khan Mortuza Bin Asad & Michael Musori, 2022. "Validation and development of composite indices for measuring vulnerability to earthquakes using a socio-economic perspective," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 111(2), pages 1301-1334, March.
    18. Hsieh, Cheng-Hsien & Feng, Cheng-Min, 2020. "The highway resilience and vulnerability in Taiwan," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 1-9.
    19. Shaikh Mohammad Kais & Md Saidul Islam, 2016. "Community Capitals as Community Resilience to Climate Change: Conceptual Connections," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-16, December.
    20. Alary, Véronique & Lasseur, Jacques & Frija, Aymen & Gautier, Denis, 2022. "Assessing the sustainability of livestock socio-ecosystems in the drylands through a set of indicators," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:121:y:2025:i:10:d:10.1007_s11069-025-07213-3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.