Illusions of Resilience? An Analysis of Community Responses to
Change in Northern Norway. Helene Amundsen, CICERO Centre for
Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo Full Text: HTML This
article contributes to our understanding of community
resilience. Community resilience is the ability of a community
to cope and adjust to stresses caused by social, political, and
environmental change and to engage community resources to
overcome adversity and take advantage of opportunities in
response to change. Through an analysis of local responses to
multiple challenges, six dimensions of community resilience were
found in one village in northern Norway. These dimensions;
community resources, community networks, institutions and
services, people–place connections, active agents, and learning;
are activated in processes and activities in the village to
respond to current challenges. Although this corroborates
findings from other community resilience research, this research
suggests that community resilience is both comp