Analysis of social determinants of social resilience in North Khorasan

Due to the increasing number of different natural hazards, whether at the international level or at the national or provincial level, and turning them into different disasters, the study of various aspects of dealing with these disasters is of considerable importance. One of the most important dimensions of this problem is to examine the social resilience of different societies against these disasters and the various factors affecting them. Therefore, the main goal of this research is to qualitatively study various social factors affecting social resilience in North Khorasan. In order to collect the required data, semi-structured interviews were used and 15 experts, officials, and academic elites with experience in dealing with natural disasters were purposefully selected and face-to-face and non-face-to-face interviews were conducted. After implementing the interview files into the text, the obtained data were analyzed using the thematic analysis method. The findings showed that the main themes obtained for different institutional fields and households indicate a dialectical relationship between structural factors (access to various economic, social, and cultural capitals with the mediation of symbolic capital) and agency (active and passive functions resulting from capacities). It can determine the competencies and abilities of activists in social resilience. The research results show the emergence of the passive functions of individual, group, and organizational actors in dealing with natural disasters due to the transformation of opportunities into threats and monopolization of responsible organizations in dealing with natural disasters in all stages before, during, and after the occurrence.