Multicultural Approaches to Disaster and Cultural Resilience. How to Consider them to Improve Disaster Management and Prevention: The Italian case of two Earthquakes

Disaster resilience, considered as the ability to cope and respond efficaciously in adverse circumstances, plays a cultural role during disaster management and the displacement phase. The aim of this paper is to give a sociological conceptual framework to enhance the operative capacity of disaster and cultural resilience during times of displacement, relocation and prevention. Through the analysis of two case studies, the last two major Italian earthquakes, a representation of multicultural approach to disaster and cultural resilience could be provided. The understanding of these issues can be facilitated by the elaboration of an analytical model based on a sociological continuum.