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This work represents the third phase of a research project conducted by SRUC and the James Hutton Institute on the impacts of, and responses to, the Covid-19 pandemic on rural Scotland and the prospects for a rural recovery. The previous phases of work incorporated stakeholder interviews to explore factors that promoted or hindered a resilient community response (Phase 1), and spatial analysis to identify areas with lower or higher underlying capacity to be resilient (Phase 2). The Phase 2 mapping was also used to identify the paired case studies used for this report (Phase 3). The case studies explore the role and relevance of enabling factors for rural community resilience in relation to how communities have experienced and responded to the pandemic and lockdown measures. This included assessing: i) socio-economic impacts; ii) how communities responded and the importance of resilience and underlying capacity; iii) opportunities for longer term rural recovery and support needs; and iv) whether impacts and responses varied between communities.
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