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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Social resilience"”.
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Social Resilience in Cornish Fishing Communities
… varying degrees of ability to develop and retain social resilience capacity, or the ability to withstand ‘shock’ over both ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ onset events in social, political, economic and natural domain terms (Wilson, 2012a). Endogenous and exogenous influences may include natural changes in …
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Social resilience of post-earthquake Bam
This thesis investigates the root causes of the social vulnerability of Bam and examines the role played by the evolution of institutions in the post-earthquake reconstruction period in shaping resilience. Through studying the reconstruction process of Bam for six years (from 2004 to 2010) the …
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Social resilience, place and identity in the small-scale North Norfolk “Cromer Crab” fishery, UK
… and attachment and their implications for social resilience. Like many coastal fishing towns, Cromer has become less reliant on fishing and the future of the fishery, central to the town’s identity, appears to be in question. Although the fishing community has been reduced, the remaining …
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Food system resilience contributions by urban agriculture
… including pandemics and severe weather events. Resilience is the ability of a system to respond and adapt to disruptions. The capacity of urban and peri-urban agriculture (UA) sites to provide resilience is an important part of nutritional security in cities. While research in this field is …
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From Governance to Consciousness: Reclaiming Participatory Agency Beyond Neoliberalism
This thesis argues that today’s ecological and social crises stem from governance built for control, not collaboration. Representative democracy and capitalism have fused into a system that concentrates power, hollows agency, and accelerates environmental collapse. The solution is not better …
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Enabling a Trading Community: A Re-imagination of Trade in Lusaka, Zambia
… of adaptable architecture that ignites social resilience in a trading context. The strategic implementation of adaptable architecture enables the user's sense of agency and aims to support the present and future everyday life of Kamwala. The intention is for the user to tactically …
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THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN COMPREHENSIVE DEFENSE
… church of Lithuania positively influenced social capital, and thus fostered unity, trust, and collaboration. These elements strengthened social resilience and enabled Lithuanians to resist both Czarist and Soviet occupations. Therefore, this research leads to the assumption that other …
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Three Essays on Sustainable Finance and Behavioral Insights: Exploring Sustainability, Inclusion, and Decision-Making Dynamics
… finance and their role in shaping economic and social resilience, with implications for policymakers and financial institutions focused on equity and environmental awareness.
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A Role for Microglia Activation in Modulating Behavior in a Variable Stress Model for Depression
… shift to an anti-inflammatory state, conferred social resilience in female mice after 6 days of variable stress. We further demonstrated that blocking pro-inflammatory activation of microglia with minocycline, a tetracyclic antibiotic, did not prevent the stress effects on behavior. …
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Inscribing Violence: Quantifying the Impact of World Heritage Site Inscription on Direct and Structural Violence.
… much attention should be paid to factors of social resilience in consideration of site inscription. Additionally, contexts such as region and income group are important and suggest that a priori research be done regarding the existing state of resilience to address factors which may mitigate …
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Rethinking Charitable Actions: Identifying the New Characteristics of Social Solidarity
… comprehend the changing values and domains of social solidarityin charities? The first chapter introduces a theoretical discussion to go beyond the conventional contrast between altruism and self-interest in understanding charitable action. The chapter focuses on how the citizens of the Western …
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Managing for Self-Organization in a Changing World : Societal Responses to Shoreline Change
… and communities cope with such impacts - their resilience - can provide insight and understanding into avenues for adaptive management and strategies to cope with a range of coastal issues. This study sought to develop of a robust conceptualization of social resilience and generate a set of …
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Glorious, Somber Decay: Living with Death in the 21st Century
… thesis seeks to address issues of climate and social resilience in death spaces, as well as creating an architecture that relieves the fear and disconnection to death and the mourning process prevalent in our society. The site is the former coal storage field of the Alexandria Power Generation …
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Exploring the Role of Trust in Drinking Water Systems in Western Virginia
… effort to understand and increase resilience in water systems to improve managers adaptive capacity to cope with these disturbances. A key element of social resilience is trust, which can improve the speed and effectiveness of management actions and can spillover into community …
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Taming Torridity New Housing Forms for Heat Resilience
… work imagines new building forms that foster resilience to extreme heat through social proximity, housing heterogeneity, and novel space cooling strategies. As we move into a new climate paradigm of increased weather variation and higher temperatures, extreme heat events will become more …
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Exploration of how a mobile health (mHealth) intervention may support midwives in the management and referral of women with pre-eclampsia in rural and remote areas of highland Scotland.
… a tool that could assist in building psycho-social resilience and support retention among midwives and other healthcare workers, in rural and remote areas of Scotland and other locations. The scope of this study was limited in that participants were recruited from only one health board, and …