Local community's support for post-tsunami recovery efforts in an agrarian village and a tourist destination: a comparative analysis.
Local community's support for post-tsunami recovery efforts in an agrarian village and a tourist destination: a comparative analysis.
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10.1093/cdj/bsm019
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
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1.5
通讯作者：
George, B. P.
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作者：
George, B. P.
本文件审查了当地社区对印度两个受灾地区海啸后恢复工作的支持：一个是旅游胜地，另一个是农村。调查开始的命题，社会资本是一个至关重要的影响当地社区的意愿，以支持海啸恢复工作。本研究的基本假设是，农村居民社区拥有丰富的社会资本和社群活动传统，会积极参与重建计划，从而比旅游目的地居民社区更快、更有意义地实现重建。然而，为证明这一点而进行的实证调查却给我们提供了相互矛盾的结果：调查显示，各社区的社会资本水平没有显著差异。因此，研究人员在旅游目的地与当地人进行了焦点小组讨论。有趣的结论是，可能正是这种社会资本的丰富性在农业村庄激发了当地人的参与，而在旅游目的地却消除了这种参与。
The present paper examines the local community's support for the post-tsunami recovery of two affected places in India: one a tourist destination and the other an agrarian village. The investigation begins with the proposition that social capital is a vital influence upon local communities' willingness to support tsunami recovery efforts. The underlying assumption was that the resident community at the agrarian village with its rich social capital and tradition of community activities would proactively participate in the reconstruction program and thereby make a speedier and more meaningful recovery than the resident community at the tourist destination. However, an empirical survey conducted to prove this point provided us with contradictory results: the survey revealed no significant difference in the levels of social capital across the communities. Consequently, the researchers carried out a focus group discussion with the locals at the tourist destination. The interesting conclusion is that it is probably the richness of the very same social capital that provoked local participation at the agrarian village and eliminated it at the tourist destination.