Modiegi Bopape

Private Companies and Community Collaboration:

Towards Building Community Resilience in Diepsloot

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study explored ways in which private companies and community collaboration can be capitalised and directed towards building resilience in communities. Limited research, indicating how private companies can collaborate with communities with the aim of building community resilience and contributing to disaster reduction exists. Therefore, the goal of this study was to make recommendations for private companies and community collaboration towards building resilience in the community. The study applied both a review of literature and empirical research in order to achieve its objectives. The study was based on a qualitative research approach and the design that was employed in the study was a case study. The data collection methods used in the collection of data was focus group interviews with the community of Diepsloot and semi-structured individual interviews with the private companies operating in close proximity of the community. Through the study of literature and the contributions from the respondents in the study, the study highlighted the need for private company engagement in disaster risk reduction and resilience building in communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9786139990832
• ISBN-10: 6139990831
• Artikelnr.: 55685964

Autorenporträt

Trabajadora social profesionalmente cualificada con un interés apasionado por el empoderamiento de las personas y las comunidades. Además, espero influir en la forma en que las empresas privadas contribuyen a la creación de resiliencia en las comunidades desfavorecidas de todo el mundo.