Abstract

FLORES SANCHEZ, Carmen Rosa; GARCIA CAMACHO, Orfelinda Elizabeth  and  RIVADENEYRA RIVAS, María Eugenia. Community resilience in disaster risk reduction with Peruvian neighborhood leaders. EduSol [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.85, pp. 59-74.  Epub Oct 05, 2023. ISSN 1729-8091.

he article characterizes the existing resilience in two urban-marginal communities made up of poor and vulnerable populations, with the purpose of recognizing the potential resources for disaster risk reduction in the leaders of the social organizations of the neighborhoods El Independiente and Santa Isabel in the district of El Agustino. The research is qualitative, based on the Participatory Action Research methodological strategy. It was found that, in the context of crisis in times of COVID-19, a dynamic of knowledge construction was generated that contributed to the development of social capacities of autonomy, collective self-esteem, self-management, creative response and solidarity.

Keywords : Disaster prevention; Resilience; Community participation; Social capital.

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