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March 10, 2026Climate Resilience and Sustainability0 citationsOpen Access

Perspectives of Disaster Resilience in Africa: Towards a Participatory Framework for Conceptualising and Measuring Resilience in Malawi

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ZJZwide D. JereDMDesire Liness Ernest MpanjeLMLessah Mandoloma

Key Points

  • The research aims to explore how resilience is understood and used by stakeholders in Malawi, highlighting the need for better frameworks.
  • Qualitative analysis of stakeholder perspectives on resilience in Malawi.
  • Interviews with humanitarian and climate actors to gather insights.
  • Development of a Household Disaster Resilience Conceptual Framework for analyzing resilience.
  • Identified a fragmented understanding of resilience across various stakeholders.
  • Emphasized the necessity of participatory methods for local assessments.
  • Proposed context-specific interventions to enhance community resilience.

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper examines the concept of resilience as understood and operationalised by various humanitarian and climate resilience actors in Malawi. Findings revealed a fragmented understanding of resilience among stakeholders and highlight the need for participatory approaches, localised resilience assessments and context‐specific interventions to enhance community resilience. The participants suggested understanding resilience as the capacity of communities, households, or an individuals to withstand the effects of climate change. The study proposes a Household Disaster Resilience Conceptual Framework (HDRCF) as a tool for analysing resilience pathways.

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Jere et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69af95c070916d39fea4d9b0https://doi.org/10.1002/cli2.70036
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