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Strengthening Resilient Built Environments through Human Social Capital: A Path to Post-Covid-19 Recovery

Version 1 : Received: 7 September 2023 / Approved: 8 September 2023 / Online: 11 September 2023 (04:55:05 CEST)

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Agboola, O.P.; Nia, H.A.; Dodo, Y.A. Strengthening Resilient Built Environments through Human Social Capital: A Path to Post-COVID-19 Recovery. Urban Sci. 2023, 7, 114. Agboola, O.P.; Nia, H.A.; Dodo, Y.A. Strengthening Resilient Built Environments through Human Social Capital: A Path to Post-COVID-19 Recovery. Urban Sci. 2023, 7, 114.

Abstract

There are strong indications that the built environment intertwines consistently with the advent of Covid-19 and the need for post-disaster recovery. The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic has exerted adverse effects on both human and global developments; while the efforts to combat this menace call for an integrated human social capital index. This research seeks to adequately enhance the comprehension of how the built environment can be enhanced through resilience in the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study's goal is to investigate the impact of a resilient built environment on increasing resilience in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria. Overall, the quantitative study test the impact of four built environments resilience indices (Built Environment capitals; Disaster management indices, Awareness of the Covid-19 Pandemic, and Built Environment adaptive strategies) on Human social capital and Covid-19 pandemic Indices. This study reveals the role of human social capital in achieving a resilient built environment in the wake of Covid 19 pandemic in Nigeria. Also, built environment capitals, disaster management indices, and awareness on the Covid-19 have indirect effects on Covid-19 pandemic indices through the human social capital. The implication of the study is useful for Post-Covid 19 recovery; which is important for future planning of the built environment in Nigeria.

Keywords

human social capital; resilience built environment; COVID-19 pandemic; disaster management; structural equation modelling; Nigeria

Subject

Arts and Humanities, Architecture

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