Social Bonding and Bridging Affinity in Disaster Recovery: A Study in Dacope Upazila.

This research explores and discuss about the social Bonding and Bridging affinity at the disaster recovery stage. Disaster negatively affected every aspect of coastal people's life of Bangladesh. The main objective of this study was to understand how social bonding and bridging Affinity contribute to recovery from disaster. The nature of this study was descriptive and qualitative research, based on the case study, focus group discussion and essential informant interview methods. The study area of this research was Kamarkhola and Sutarkhali union under Dacope Upazila. The significant findings of this study indicate that the social bonding and bridging Affinity contribute to the recovery of the post-disaster situation. The falling price of rice is found severely affecting occupation because, for that, they cannot make any profit. These are the long-term problem. Still, instant problems like lack of shelter, lack of food lack of clothes are the main problem in the post-disaster situation. The essential aspects are bonding affinity (with family members and relatives) and bridging affinity (with neighbors and friends). These connections are important in deciding how a community reacts to major climate events such as cyclones and storm surges. Using the two coastal villages of Bangladesh impacted by Cyclone Sidr as case studies, this study analyzes how bonding and bridging affinity help to disaster recovery. These contributions were studied utilizing a case study, focus group discussion, and key informant interview. After a hurricane, the afflicted communities rely largely on their bonding and bridging affinities to deal with the immediate situation, according to the findings. Support through bonding and bridging affinity-sharing food, providing comfort, cooperating, and so on it is crucial at first. Because of the limited physical and financial capital, these affinities perform less well as times goes after the disaster. Bridging affinity become less active over time and, in certain situations, break down due to poverty. Bonding affinity, on the other hand, do not break down; somewhat, they contribute to the recovery process by limiting food intake, assisting with alternative income and livelihood choices such as temporary migration, and so on.

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