Enhancing community resilience in the context of trauma: The Morandi Bridge collapse in Italy.

Abstract

Community resilience increases collective capacity to enact change and restore communities following trauma. Using the Beyond the Bridge Project as a case study following the Morandi Bridge Collapse, we conducted 10 consultations with the Project Lead Group. We employed a stakeholder analysis, and ecological maps performed using the Communities Advancing Resilience Toolkit methodology. The findings highlight the involvement and categorization of stakeholders based on their post-trauma intervention attitudes. The ecological maps facilitated communication and community competence between different stakeholder groups, which are key aspects of community resilience. We suggest that this methodology is promising for future research in trauma-affected communities.