Community Resilience And Environmental Transitions
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Community Resilience And Environmental Transitions
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Author : Geoff Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-03-12
Community Resilience And Environmental Transitions written by Geoff Wilson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-12 with Social Science categories.
This book discusses the resilience of communities in both developed and developing world contexts. It investigates the notion of ‘resilience’ and the challenges faced by local communities around the world to deal with disturbances (natural hazards or human-made) that may threaten their long-term survival. Using global examples, specific emphasis is placed on how learning processes, traditions, policies and politics affect the resilience of communities and what constraints and opportunities exist for communities to raise resilience levels.
Resilience Environmental Justice And The City
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Author : Beth Schaefer Caniglia
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2016-12-08
Resilience Environmental Justice And The City written by Beth Schaefer Caniglia and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-08 with Business & Economics categories.
Urban centres are bastions of inequalities, where poverty, marginalization, segregation and health insecurity are magnified. Minorities and the poor – often residing in neighbourhoods characterized by degraded infrastructures, food and job insecurity, limited access to transport and health care, and other inadequate public services – are inherently vulnerable, especially at risk in times of shock or change as they lack the option to avoid, mitigate and adapt to threats. Offering both theoretical and practical approaches, this book proposes critical perspectives and an interdisciplinary lens on urban inequalities in light of individual, group, community and system vulnerabilities and resilience. Touching upon current research trends in food justice, environmental injustice through socio-spatial tactics and solution-based approaches towards urban community resilience, Resilience, Environmental Justice and the City promotes perspectives which transition away from the traditional discussions surrounding environmental justice and pinpoints the need to address urban social inequalities beyond the build environment, championing approaches that help embed social vulnerabilities and resilience in urban planning. With its methodological and dynamic approach to the intertwined nature of resilience and environmental justice in urban cities, this book will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners within urban studies, environmental management, environmental sociology and public administration.
Resilience Community Action Societal Transformation
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Author : Thomas Henfrey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-04-17
Resilience Community Action Societal Transformation written by Thomas Henfrey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-17 with Architecture categories.
Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation is a unique collection bridging research, theory and practical action to create more resilient societies. It includes accounts from people and organizations on the front line of efforts to build community resilience; cutting-edge theory and analysis from engaged scholar-activists; and commentary from sympathetic researchers. Its content ranges from first-hand accounts of the Transition Movement in the UK, Canada and Spain, to theoretical reflections on resilience theory and the shifts in mindsets and perspectives required for transitions to sustainability. The book contains substantive contributions from activists and activist-scholars such as Lorenzo Chelleri (Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy), Juan del Rio (Transition Spain), Naresh Giangrande (Transition Network), Maja G�pel (Wuppertal Institute), Thomas Henfrey (Transition Research Network), Justin Kenrick (Forest People's Programme), Glen Kuecker (University of Indiana), Cheryl Lyon (Transition Peterborough Ontario) and Gesa Maschowski (Transition Bonn), along with briefing notes from noted experts in resilience. The result is a compelling cocktail of insights, ideas and action points likely to define the scientific and practical fields of community resilience for years to come.
The Community Resilience Reader
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Author : Daniel Lerch
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2017-10-12
The Community Resilience Reader written by Daniel Lerch and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-12 with Architecture categories.
National and global efforts have failed to stop climate change, transition from fossil fuels, and reduce inequality. We must now confront these and other increasingly complex problems by building resilience at the community level. The Community Resilience Reader combines a fresh look at the challenges humanity faces in the 21st century, the essential tools of resilience science, and the wisdom of activists, scholars, and analysts working on the ground to present a new vision for creating resilience. It shows that resilience is a process, not a goal; how it requires learning to adapt but also preparing to transform; and that it starts and ends with the people living in a community. From Post Carbon Institute, the producers of the award-winning The Post Carbon Reader, The Community Resilience Reader is a valuable resource for community leaders, college students, and concerned citizens.
Towards A Just Climate Change Resilience
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Author : Pedro Henrique Campello Torres
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-11-27
Towards A Just Climate Change Resilience written by Pedro Henrique Campello Torres and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-27 with Political Science categories.
This book provides an accessible overview of how efforts to combat climate change and social inequalities should be tackled simultaneously. In the context of the climate emergency, the impacts of extreme events can already be felt around the world. The book centres on five case studies from the Global South, Latin America, Pacific Islands, Africa, and Asia with each one focused on climate justice, resilience, and community responses towards a just transition. The book will be an invaluable reference for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in environmental studies, urban planning, geography, social science, international development, and disciplines that focus on the social dimensions of climate change.
Community Resilience
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Author : Katy Wright
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-11-29
Community Resilience written by Katy Wright and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-29 with Social Science categories.
This book provides an alternative perspective on community resilience, drawing on critical sociological and social policy insights about how people individually and collectively cope with different kinds of adversity. Based on the idea that resilience is more than simply an invention of neoliberal governments, this book explores diverse expressions of resilience and considers what supports and undermines people’s resilience in different contexts. Focusing on the United Kingdom, it examines the contradictions and limitations of neoliberal resilience policies and the role of policy in shaping how vulnerabilities are distributed and how resilience is manifested. The book explores different types of resilience including planning, response, recovery, adaptation and transformation, which are examined in relation to different types of threat such as financial hardship, disasters and climate change. It argues that resilience cannot act as an antidote to vulnerability, and aims to demonstrate the importance of shared institutions in underpinning resilience and in preventing socially created vulnerabilities. It will be of interest to academics, students and well-informed practitioners working with the concept of resilience within the subject areas of Sociology, Social Policy, Human Geography, Environmental Humanities and International Development.
The Resilience Imperative
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Author : Michael Lewis
language : en
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Release Date : 2012-06-12
The Resilience Imperative written by Michael Lewis and has been published by New Society Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-12 with Business & Economics categories.
“[The authors] argue that with more integration and cooperation between businesses, governments and communities, a more sustainable economy is possible.” —The Environmental Magazine We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place—compelled by the intertwined forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The Resilience Imperative argues for a major SEE (social, ecological, economic) change as a prerequisite for replacing the paradigm of limitless economic growth with a more decentralized, cooperative, steady-state economy. The authors present a comprehensive series of strategic questions within the broad areas of: Energy sufficiency Local food systems Interest-free financing Affordable housing and land reform Sustainable community development Each section is complemented by case studies of pioneering community initiatives rounded out by a discussion of transition factors and resilience reflections. With a focus on securing and sustaining change, this provocative book challenges deeply embedded cultural assumptions. Profoundly hopeful and inspiring, The Resilience Imperative affirms the possibilities of positive change as it is shaped by individuals, communities, and institutions learning to live within our ecological limits. “Resilience is the watchword for our dawning era of economic and environmental instability . . . The Resilience Imperative is exactly what’s needed to get us moving in the right direction.” —Richard Heinberg, author of Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival “Exceptionally valuable—in vision, in strategic understanding, in concrete ways to build forward. A handbook for a morally meaningful and sustainable future!” —Gar Alperovitz, author of America Beyond Capitalism
Communicating Global To Local Resiliency
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Author : Emily Polk
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2015-04-23
Communicating Global To Local Resiliency written by Emily Polk and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-23 with Political Science categories.
This book explores the communication processes of the Transition Movement, a community-led global social movement, as it was adapted in a local context. First it analyzes how the movement’s grand narratives of responding to “climate change” and creating greater “resiliency” were communicated into local community-based stories, responses, and actions in the Transition Town of Amherst, Massachusetts. Second, it seeks to understand the multilayered communication processes that facilitate these actions toward sustainable social change. Transition Amherst developed and/or supported projects that addressed reducing dependency on peak-oil, creating community-based-local economies, supporting sustainable food production and consumption, and participating in more efficient transportation, among others. The popularity of the model coincides with an increase in the interest in and use of the term “sustainability” by media, academics and policymakers around the world, and an increase in the global use of digital technology as a resource for information gathering and sharing. Thus this book situates itself at the intersections of a global environmental and economic crisis, the popularization of the term “sustainability,” and an increasingly digitized and networked global society in order to better understand how social change is contextualized and facilitated in a local community via a global network. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the ways in which the theories of Transition are applied over an extended period of time in practice, on the ground in a Transition town.
Governing For Resilience In Vulnerable Places
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Author : Elen-Maarja Trell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018
Governing For Resilience In Vulnerable Places written by Elen-Maarja Trell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with City planning categories.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Information on contributing authors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Self-reliant resiliency and neoliberal mentality: a critical reflection -- 2 Governing for resilience in vulnerable places: an introduction -- 3 Resilient energy landscapes: a spatial quest? -- 4 Resilience to what and for whom in landscape management -- 5 Resilience thinking - is vagueness a blessing or a curse in transdisciplinary projects? experiences from a regional climate change adaptation project -- 6 Flood resilience and legitimacy - an exploration of Dutch flood risk management -- 7 Flood groups in England: governance arrangements and contribution to flood resilience -- 8 Meta-decision-making and the speed and quality of disaster resilience and recovery -- 9 The Resiliency Web - a bottom-linked governance model for resilience and environmental justice in the context of disasters -- 10 Changing stakes: resilience, reconstruction, and participatory practices after the 2011 Japan tsunami -- 11 The value of participatory community arts for community resilience -- 12 "If we are not united, our lives will be very difficult": resilience from the perspective of slum dwellers in Pedda Jalaripeta (India) -- 13 Riding the tide: socially-engaged art and resilience in an uncertain future -- 14 Resilience in practice - a transformative approach? a conversation with Henk Ovink, first Dutch special envoy for international water affairs -- Index
Climate Change And Disaster Resilience
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Author : Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III,
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2021-12-21
Climate Change And Disaster Resilience written by Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-21 with Political Science categories.
Climate change and natural disasters have always been hot topics of discussion and debate from the living rooms of citizens to meetings to civil society organizations' candlelight vigils. The consensus from the scientific and academic community on the threat of climate change clashes with the lack of consensus from business and government leaders, while citizens question the scientific data on climate change and if it really affects their cities. Many cities have stepped up to provide united experience-backed testimonies explaining this threat and how climate change contributes to natural disasters, habitat destruction, and food shortage. This book brings together lucid essays and case studies from both scholars and individuals on the front lines who manage international collaborations, lead local communities, provide services for people impacted by disasters, and drive policy change that will lead to a sustainable future.