Mapping population vulnerability and community support during COVID-19: a case study from Wales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic pose an overwhelming demand on resources that cannot always be met by official organisations. Limited resources and human response to crises can lead members of local communities to turn to one another to fulfil immediate needs. This spontaneous citizen-led response can be crucial to a community's ability to cope in a crisis. It is thus essential to understand the scope of such initiatives so that support can be provided where it is most needed. Nevertheless, quickly developing situations and varying definitions can make the community response challenging to measure.

Aim

To create an accessible interactive map of the citizen-led community response to need during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales, UK that combines information ga

SUBMITTER: Di Cara NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8104153 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature