Social capacity building for natural hazards: a conceptual frame
This report examines social capacity building and how this might be understood in the context of natural hazards in Europe. The objective of the report is to review the existing literature on social capacity building and to relate it to natural hazards and disasters. It is a key deliverable from Work Package (WP) 1 of the CapHaz-Net FP 7 project.
This report serves two purposes: (i) it attempts to outline some aspects that can be considered as important when it comes to social capacity building for natural hazards in Europe, outlining basic assumptions that are inherent to most capacity building approaches with regard to natural hazards; and (ii) it represents a 'backbone document' describing the conceptual frame of CapHaz-Net which is open for continuous improvements in the course of the project and which serves as main basis for the final synthesis report of CapHaz-Net to be provided in 2012. The report intends to provide a means to stimulate and guide the discussion and is open for incorporating new insights gained during the action.