Social network analysis
The Role of Risk Perception and Community Networks in Preparing for and Responding to Landslides
This article looks at the role that perception, local knowledge, and social networks play in community resilience in the alpine community of Badia, which experienced a large landslide in 2012.
Managing Complex Systems: The Need to Structure Qualitative Data
This paper shows how 'structured output' methods can ‘abstract’ important issues and concepts and feed into planning and policy outputs.
From the ground up: How communities can collaborate to drive local adaptation and influence the national agenda
This analysis from CDKN identifies a series of approaches to help community-level organisations to increase climate resilience in the Caribbean.
Mapping of social networks as a measure of social resilience of agents
Our social network maps provide a model of the links between significant individuals involved in key stages of the disaster planning, response and recovery phases.
Methods for integrative research on community resilience to multiple hazards, with examples from Italy and England
The paper links inter- and trans-disciplinary methodologies to map stakeholders’ knowledge and combine this with the best available data for disaster resilience planning.
Mediation Technical Briefing Notes
A series of technical policy briefing notes on decision support methods for appraising adaptation options
Social Network Analysis
This article, which is part of a series of MEDIATION outputs, provides a review of Social Network Analysis and associated tools for supporting adaptation decision-making.
Summary of Methods and Case Study Examples from the MEDIATION Project
This MEDIATION review has covered a range of traditional and new decision support methods. It has analysed the strengths and weakness of these approaches and their relevance for adaptation.
Politics and policy processes
This following pages provide resources which are relevant to the analysis of politics and policy processes including cross-scale and multi-level interactions.
SNA review: A summary
This article, written by weADAPT authors, reviews several recent papers on quantitative social network analysis (SNA) in relation to adaptive governance, adaptive capacity and resilience.