Building resilience through social cohesion

The impact of disasters on the lives and livelihoods of people is widely recognized. Attempts have been made to mitigate the impact and decrease the losses globally but now the focal point for any plan has shifted from global to regional level where proper mitigation and adaptation strategies can be worked out in much effective way. This paper discusses the impact of the disasters on economic condition, the importance and role of social cohesion in community resiliency to disasters. In similar disaster or emergency situation there is a huge difference in the attitude, behavior and reaction of different communities‘. The widening economic gap between rich and poor is changing the social structure and increasing the individualistic approach in the society. This gap needs to be decreased through policy interventions in order to strengthen social cohesion will lead to resiliency