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Cohesive Cities and Resilient Cities: Are they the Same?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2025

Garett Sansom ,
Lindsay Sansom ,
Lyssa Losa ,
Ruby Hernandez ,
Jacquita N. Johnson ,
Benika Dixon  and
TyKeara Mims
Garett Sansom*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, https://ror.org/0034eay46 Texas A&M School of Public Health , College Station, TX, USA
Lindsay Sansom
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, https://ror.org/0034eay46 Texas A&M School of Public Health , College Station, TX, USA
Lyssa Losa
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, https://ror.org/0034eay46 Texas A&M School of Public Health , College Station, TX, USA
Ruby Hernandez
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, https://ror.org/0034eay46 Texas A&M School of Public Health , College Station, TX, USA
Jacquita N. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, https://ror.org/0034eay46 Texas A&M School of Public Health , College Station, TX, USA
Benika Dixon
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M School of Public Health, College Station, TX, USA
TyKeara Mims
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M School of Public Health, College Station, TX, USA
*
Corresponding author: Garett Sansom; Email: sansom@tamu.edu
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Keywords

Community resilienceSocial cohesionDisaster recoveryEmergency Preparedness

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 19 , 2025 , e182
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc

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