Coping and recovery capabilities in disasters depend to a large part on the social resilience of the societies or regions that are hit by the respective disruptions. Prior disaster studies suggest a variety of indicators to assess social resilience in the natural hazard context. This paper discusses whether the most common disaster-related social resilience indicators, including social cohesion and support, can meaningfully capture social resilience in pandemic crises, since pandemics typically entail physical distancing and other social restrictions. Based on a review of frequently used social resilience measures, this study proposes pandemic-tailored indicators of social resilience to map a society's or region's coping and recovery capabilities in a meaningful way. Applying the suggested set of indicators to a sample of 1,500 residents surveyed in Switzerland during the summer 2020 phase of the COVID-19 crisis revealed low levels of social support and community engagement, but a high level of willingness to help others.

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大流行危机的社会复原力指标

灾害应对和恢复能力在很大程度上取决于受灾社会或地区的社会复原力。先前的灾害研究提出了各种指标来评估自然灾害背景下的社会复原力。本文讨论了最常见的与灾害相关的社会复原力指标，包括社会凝聚力和支持，是否可以有意义地捕捉大流行病危机中的社会复原力，因为大流行病通常会带来身体距离和其他社会限制。基于对常用社会复原力措施的回顾，本研究提出了针对大流行病的社会复原力指标，以有意义的方式绘制社会或地区的应对和恢复能力。将建议的一组指标应用于 2020 年夏季 COVID-19 危机期间在瑞士接受调查的 1,500 名居民样本，结果显示社会支持和社区参与水平较低，但帮助他人的意愿很高。