Exploring the realities of resilience: Case study of Kantamanto Market fire in Accra, Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorOteng-Ababio, M.
dc.contributor.authorSarfo, K.O.
dc.contributor.authorOwusu-Sekyere, E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-05T14:43:19Z
dc.date.available2018-11-05T14:43:19Z
dc.date.issued2015-02
dc.description.abstractThis paper chronicles the socio-economic and institutional factors that underpin the unflinching resilience of survivors in the May 5, 2013 Kantamanto Market fire incident in Accra, Ghana. The research adopted a mixed-method case study model that combines secondary sources and primary data gathering through semi-structured interviews of 25 returned market survivors, supported by 15 expert interviews among local and other government officials, practitioners and academics who are engaged in disaster management and urban planning. The empirical data reveal the importance of strengthening social relationships and cohesion as well as the crucial role of social capital in all stages of disaster management processes: prevention and preparedness, planning, warning communication, physical and psychological impacts, emergency and disaster response, recovery and reconstruction; and how these collectively motivate the survivors' return decision. Concluding, the paper opines that appreciating the interconnection and multidimensionality of social capital can enhance disaster management and optimistically opines that, that trajectory seems to be a crucial issue for future disaster research agendas. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.02.005
dc.identifier.otherVolume 12,Pages 311-318
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/25295
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Reductionen_US
dc.subjectAccraen_US
dc.subjectHuman-induced disasteren_US
dc.subjectKantamanto Marketen_US
dc.subjectLivelihooden_US
dc.subjectResilienceen_US
dc.titleExploring the realities of resilience: Case study of Kantamanto Market fire in Accra, Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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