Recognition of factors that promote resilience to hurricanes

This research is aimed to identify factors that promote resilience in hurricane-impacted areas by reviewing specialized literature. The economic damage and loss of lives caused by hurricanes have motivated efforts to expand scientific research related to resilience to these natural phenomena. However, published writings are dispersed and fragmented in different fields of study. The study is qualitative, based on content analysis. Twenty-seven articles published between 2006 and 2019 were reviewed.

The results show that resilience has a multidisciplinary character, although there is a coincidence in defining it as a system's ability to absorb, resist, and recover from disasters; the system is conceived as the representation of a totality made up of related elements (ecological, social, and economic, among others). A focus on physical infrastructure predominates, but a social approach begins to be distinguished. The factors that promote resilience are grouped into four categories: ecological, social, infrastructure, and mental health.