Tools for Understanding
Relationships in Resilience
Interventions
Rapid Analysis Tools
• Relationship Diagram
• Resource/Services and
Relationship Mapping
Relationship Diagram
KEY QUESTIONS:
• Who are the community stakeholders in the area that affect
resilience?
• What are the relationships between the communities,
including dependencies, points of interaction and tension.?
• How do communities define a good and bad relationship?
• What type of interactions – social, economic, etc. - are
associated with good and bad relationships?
• How often do community members interact with people
from conflicting communities?
Relationship Diagram
• Draw circles of community stakeholders in the
livelihood system
• Illustrate relationships among actors using a
key that identifies the relationships
• Interview the key to understand more about
the relationships
Relationship Diagram: Example
Relationship Diagram
Type of
Relationship
Very Bad
Relationship
Bad Relationship
Neutral
Relationship
Good Relationship
Very Good
Relationship
Type of Line
Relationship Diagram
Question 1: Ask, “Would you describe the relationship between A and B as
very good, good, neutral, bad, or very bad?”
Question 2: Ask for all , “Why do you describe the relationship between A
and B as good or bad?” What are the reasons for the bad relationship?
What are the reasons for the good relationship?
Question 3: For all relationships, ask, “In the past 3 months, have there
been any interactions between A and B? If so, what kind of
interactions?”
Question 4: Among communities that have a bad/very bad relationship,
do you see any benefit from/need of interacting with these
communities? What type of benefits? Why are these important?
Question 5: What is required to improve or strengthen the relationships
among the communities?
Resource and Relationship Mapping
Key Questions:
• What resources/services does the community use? Where are
these resources/services located?
• What resources/services are used by other communities?
• Which resource, or service areas are peacefully shared and which
are a source of tension? Where are these resources located?
• Why are certain resources peacefully shared? Why are certain
resources a source of tension?
• How does tension affect resource and market access?
• What relationships exist between conflict and the location of
boundaries, settlements, and livelihoods-related resources?
Resource and Relationship Mapping
• Ask the community to brainstorm what
resources/services exist in their community
• Develop a map key for the major resources
(including roads, mountains, and rivers/lakes)
• Ask the community to start the map by drawing
major landmarks, and then adding additional
resources
• Interview the map:
Resource and Relationship Mapping
Resource and Relationship Mapping
Key Questions:
• What resources/services does the community use? Where are
these resources/services located?
• What resources/services are used by other communities?
• Which resource, or service areas are peacefully shared and which
are a source of tension? Where are these resources located?
• Why are certain resources peacefully shared? Why are certain
resources a source of tension?
• How does tension affect resource and market access?
• What relationships exist between conflict and the location of
boundaries, settlements, and livelihoods-related resources?
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