Pandemic Resilience: Empirical Findings on Managing the Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

In order to develop a sustainable social and individual resilience in dealing with crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential to jointly determine flexible regulations in relation to common issues. The reactions to subjective, economic and regional changes during the pandemic empirically traced in this study are related to the lifeworld and cultural orientations of the residents. Communities in Styria (Austria) are used as examples to show how communities have coped with the exis...