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Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 17;12(1):10274. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14537-8.
Evidence shows that communal resources, cohesion, and social infrastructure can mitigate shocks and enhance resilience. However, we know less about how specific social capital building interventions facilitate recovery in post-disaster environments. Using a survey of over 1000 residents of Ofunato, Japan after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, this study demonstrates that the individuals who actively participated in a community center-created for and led by neighborhood elders-reported higher levels of family and neighborhood recovery than similar individuals who did not participate. Results from ordinal logistic regression analyses, propensity score matching (PSM) and coarsened exact matching (CEM) show arguably stronger causal links between bottom-up, microlocal programs to boost connections in post-disaster areas and post-disaster outcomes. Community-based programs that strengthen social ties even among elderly residents can measurably improve their recoveries.
有证据表明，公共资源、凝聚力和社会基础设施可以减轻冲击，增强韧性。然而，我们对于特定的社会资本建设干预措施如何促进灾后环境的恢复了解较少。本研究利用对 2011 年日本东北地震和海啸后 1000 多名大船渡居民的调查，表明在由邻里长辈创建和领导的社区中心积极参与的个人比没有参与的个人报告了更高水平的家庭和邻里恢复。有序逻辑回归分析、倾向评分匹配（PSM）和粗化精确匹配（CEM）的结果表明，在灾后地区加强联系的自下而上、微观地方方案与灾后结果之间存在着更有力的因果关系。即使在老年居民中加强社会联系的以社区为基础的方案也可以显著改善他们的恢复情况。
