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The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Transportation accidents. April 16, 2007 was the day of my community’s worst crisis, its worst collective trauma, ever. Earthquakes. Ice storms. Infectious disease outbreaks. Industrial accidents. Chemical spills. Structural collapse. Grid failure. Water contamination. Large-scale layoffs. Factory closures. Hyperinflation.

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