Strengthening community resilience

The content of the article focuses on elucidating the objectives related to strengthening resilience in managing community risks. The emerging development of the concept of resilience is a response to the increasingly common and severe disturbances that occur as a result of climatic changes, the diminution of natural resources, biodiversity disappearance, pandemic, security crises, etc. The modern world is becoming more and interdependent, and the complexity of the challenges requires interdisciplinary and scientifically argued solutions. Communities are not always ready to manage the risks, reacting fragmentary to threats. Community risk management practices must evolve towards strengthening resilience strategies. The theoretical approach is argued by the empirical data, obtained from the accomplishment of the sociological research in April 2024, in the territorial-administrative units of the Republic of Moldova. The application of focus groups and in-depth interviews has outlined the dimensions of resilience perception by managers in managing community risks. Based on the sociological interpretations, conclusions and recommendations were formulated.