Over recent years, resilient attitudes and behaviour are widely seen within the Global North to be potential solutions to community developmental challenges. Although greater international emphasis is being placed on ‘bottom up’ approaches, learning from existing levels of resilience among communities such as residents in informal settlements has aroused limited attention. Instead analysis of informal settlements tends to concentrate on the multitude of environmental, economic and social problems that many communities share and internationally derived normative solutions. To help address this relative neglect, research was designed that sought more information about local experiences, people and processes that have been instrumental in building levels of resilience that help overcome challenges and improve well-being. Using the photovoice methodological technique, a project was developed to capture experiences of participants in Kibera, Nairobi. Participants were young people and either role models or had the potential to be. In so doing the project was participant driven, learning from residents about who and what have been influential in the development and maintenance of resilience. The results highlighted the particular significance of social cohesion and, in particular, relationships and attachment to place.

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肯尼亚非正式住区居民的适应力和社会凝聚力

近年来，在全球北部地区，人们普遍认为韧性态度和行为是应对社区发展挑战的潜在解决方案。尽管国际上更多地强调“自下而上”的方法，但从非正式住区居民等社区现有的复原力水平中学习并引起了有限的关注。相反，对非正规住区的分析往往集中在许多社区共有的众多环境、经济和社会问题以及国际衍生的规范解决方案上。为了帮助解决这种相对忽视的问题，设计了一项研究，以寻求更多有关当地经验、人员和过程的信息，这些信息有助于建立有助于克服挑战和改善福祉的复原力水平。使用 photovoice 方法技术，开发了一个项目来捕捉内罗毕基贝拉的参与者的经验。参与者是年轻人，要么是榜样，要么是有潜力成为榜样。在这样做时，该项目是由参与者驱动的，向居民学习谁和什么对复原力的发展和维护产生了影响。结果突出了社会凝聚力的特殊意义，尤其是关系和对地方的依恋。