Resilience and Vulnerability

• Author : Suniya S. Luthar
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 05 May 2003

Integrated in this book are contributions from leading scientists who have each studied children's adjustment across risks common in contemporary society. Chapters in the first half of the book focus on risks emanating from the family; chapters in the second half focus on risks stemming from the wider community. All contributors have explicitly addressed a common set of core themes, including the criteria they used to judge 'resilience' within particular risk settings, the major factors that predict resilience in these

• Author : Nii O. Attoh-Okine
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 04 April 2016

Along with case studies, this book presents a step-by-step approach to formulating the resilience of civil infrastructure and energy systems.

• Author : Ran Bhamra
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 01 December 2015

An eternal dilemma for all organizations, and one that a considerable portion of management schools are set up to address, is how to become and stay competitive. Organisational Resilience: Concepts, Integration, and Practice brings together, for the first time, key works that describe the scope and nature of resilience and provides direction to take the field forwards. A response not only to rapidly growing interest in this field, but to the increased importance placed on it, the book presents a

• Author : Ivo Häring
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 17 March 2021

This book provides basics and selected advanced insights on how to generate reliability, safety and resilience within (socio) technical system developments. The focus is on working definitions, fundamental development processes, safety development processes and analytical methods on how to support such schemes. The method families of Hazard Analyses, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis and Fault Tree Analysis are explained in detail. Further main topics include semiformal graphical system modelling, requirements types, hazard log, reliability prediction standards, techniques and measures for

• Author : van der Berg, Angela,Verschuuren, Jonathan
• Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Release : 06 September 2022

This significant book addresses the most important legal issues that cities face when attempting to adapt to the changing climate. This includes how to become more resilient against the impacts of climate change such as sea level rise, increases in the intensity and frequency of storms, floods, droughts, and extreme temperatures.

• Author : Elen-Maarja Trell,Britta Restemeyer,Melanie M. Bakema,Bettina van Hoven
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 22 September 2017

Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places provides an overview and a critical analysis of the ways in which the concept ‘resilience’ has been addressed in social sciences research. In doing so, this edited book draws together state-of-the-art research from a variety of disciplines (i.e. spatial planning, economic and cultural geography, environmental and political sciences, sociology and architecture) as well as cases and examples across different spatial and geographical contexts (e.g. urban slums in India; flood-prone communities in the

• Author : Juha Kotilainen
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 29 October 2020

While much of the current research on the extractive industries and their socio-environmental impacts is region specific, Resource Extraction, Space and Resilience: International Perspectives critically explores the current state of the extractive industries sector from a uniquely global perspective. The book introduces a more dynamic idea of sustainability in evaluating mineral extraction and its impacts, and provides a spatialized understanding of the evolution of the extractive industries to help visualise the interlinkages across space, regions and scales. Professor Kotilainen responds

• Author : Tobias Plieninger,Claudia Bieling
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 18 October 2012

By linking these research communities, this book develops a new perspective on landscape changes.

• Author : Ella Gabriele Amann
• Publisher : Haufe-Lexware
• Release : 31 March 2015

Resilient people have an easier life - they can overcome setbacks better than others. This pocket guide contains techniques and strategies for greater resilience. Numerous practical examples will help you to strengthen your powers of resistance. Managers who want to make their companies more robust will find all the answers in this book. Contents: - The meaning of being resilient: inspiration from the fields of brain research and neuroanatomy - Managing crises and change with confidence: coping with insecurity and

• Author : Frankenberger, Timothy R.,Constas, Mark A.,Nelson, Suzanne,Starr, Laurie
• Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
• Release : 25 March 2023

This food policy report reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining a number of case studies of initiatives by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance resilience capacity, and draws implications for policymakers and other stakeholders looking to strengthen resilience.

• Author : Indrajit Pal,Jason von Meding,Sangam Shrestha,Iftekhar Ahmed,Thayaparan Gajendran
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 17 October 2019

This book includes selected papers presented at the international expert forum on “Mainstreaming Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction in Education,” held at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand on 1–2 December 2017. The journey towards disaster risk reduction and resilience requires the participation of a wide array of stakeholders ranging from academics to policymakers, to disaster managers. Given the multifaceted and interdependent nature of disasters, disaster risk reduction and resilience require a multidisciplinary problem-solving approach and evidence-based techniques from the natural, social,

• Author : Louise Grant,Gail Kinman
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 06 July 2018

The term 'resilience' refers to a person's capacity to handle difficulties, demands and pressure without experiencing negative effects. Traditionally, social work has focused on the nature and impact of resilience in children and adults who have experienced traumatic events, but it is increasingly recognised that social workers need to develop personal resilience to manage the emotional demands of the job effectively and sustainably. Developing Resilience for Social Work Practice provides social workers with a tool-box of strategies to help them

• Author : Meyer D. Glantz,Jeannette L. Johnson
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 31 August 1999

Leading experts review the research on resilience and represent the diverse perspectives and opinions found among both scientists and practitioners in the field. Although the chapters are written to the standards expected by researchers, they are equally useful for program developers and others in applied fields seeking science-based information on the topic. This book is a unique resource in keeping with the growing interest in resilience both in research and interventions.

• Author : Ian M. Kinchin,Naomi E. Winstone
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 17 April 2017

Pedagogic Frailty and Resilience in the University presents a theoretical model and a practical tool to support the professional development of reflective university teachers. It can be used to highlight links to key issues in higher education. Pedagogic frailty exists where the quality of interaction between elements in the evolving teaching environment succumbs to cumulative pressures that eventually inhibit the capacity to develop teaching practice. Indicators of frailty can be observed at different resolutions, from the individual, to the departmental

• Author : Fabio Biondini,Dan M. Frangopol
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 21 June 2012

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability contains the lectures and papers presented at The Sixth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2012), held in Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy, 8-12 July, 2012. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts (800 pp) and a DVD (4057 pp) co