Analysis of Social Capital Effects on Improvement of Villagers Resiliency in the Management of Earthquake Crisis, (Case Study: North Ozomdul, Varzeghan County)
Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies
1 - Professor, Dep. of Geography and Urban and Rural Planning, Faculty of Humanities, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
Keywords: Earthquake, resiliency, Social capital, Rural Development, crisis management, Earthquake Management, Varzeghan County,
Abstract :
The purpose of the present was to study and analysis of social capital effects on improvement of villager’s resiliency in the management of earthquake crisis in the rural areas of Varzeghan County. It can be said that studied population in this study consists of all damaged villages of north Ozomdul Dehstan and households residing in this villages (N=398) among which 196 persons were selected as statistical sample using Cochran formula. Sample size was determined based on the Cochran’s formula and the required data were collected through questionnaires. Content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by professors and experts and its reliability was determined based on Cronbach's alpha (0.80-0.86).Moreover, as shown by the results of Pearson test, there are significant relation between the variables of awareness, social confidence, social participation, social communication, knowledge and information exchange and horizontal relations and improvement of villager’s resiliency in the rural areas of Varzeghan County. Finally, according to the study results, a number of recommendations also presented
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