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In this chapter we discuss focus groups results from rural communities and particular challenges to disaster resilience unique to rural communities; we do so utilizing the Adaptive Resilience & Community Capital framework (Fig. 6.1) introduced in Chap. 6. We discuss findings from focus group data in the rural counties of Lake, Osceola, Seminole, and Sumter Counties. Particularly, local policies and support, community capital, capital vulnerability, and private support previously identified as key to disaster resilience, adaptive resilience and adaptive learning. Furthermore, we discuss the divergent meanings of rural in Florida in comparison to other rural regions of the United States, issues of limited resources and lack of emphasis to the need of rural inland counties, self-reliance of rural communities, issues surrounding mobile homes and RV parks, and a lengthy discussion of the impact of a large suburban retirement community (The Villages) in an otherwise rural setting.
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Rivera, F.I., Kapucu, N. (2015). Disaster Resilience in Rural Communities. In: Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards and Resilience. Environmental Hazards. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16453-3_9
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