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Cultural Resilience—The Roles of Cultural Traditions in Sustaining Rural Livelihoods: A Case Study from Rural Kandyan Villages in Central Sri Lanka

Daskon, Chandima Dilhani - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 4, pp. 1080-1100

aim of this paper is to examine the roles played by culture in relation to livelihood resilience, posing the question of … political changes. Rural Kandyan communities afford us a good example of “cultural resilience”, relying on longstanding cultural … traditions for their survival. This paper shows how culture and traditional values strengthen livelihood resilience and argues …

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Mentoring, Educational Services, and Incentives to Learn: What Do We Know About Them?

Rodriguez-Planas, Nuria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper reviews recent studies on the effectiveness of services and incentives offered to disadvantaged youth. We focus our analysis on three types of interventions: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards. The objective of this article is threefold. First, we explain...

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Development of a Meteorological Risk Map for Disaster Mitigation and Management in the Chishan Basin, Taiwan

Lee, Tai-Li; Chen, Ching-Ho; Pai, Tzu-Yi; Wu, Ray-Shyan - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 1, pp. 962-987

. Incorporating resilience into the assessment revealed that the higher the exposure is, the higher the resilience becomes. This is … areas typically exhibit high resilience. The application of this analysis in the policy of relocation of damaged village …

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A Climate Change Adaptation Planning Process for Low-Lying, Communities Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise

Barron, Sara; Canete, Glenis; Carmichael, Jeff; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 9, pp. 2176-2208

While the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, provides guidelines for flood risk management, it is local governments’ responsibility to delineate their own flood vulnerability, assess their risk, and integrate these with planning policies to implement adaptive action. However, barriers...

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Identification and Induction of Human, Social, and Cultural Capitals through an Experimental Approach to Stormwater Management

Green, Olivia Odom; Shuster, William D.; Rhea, Lee K.; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 8, pp. 1669-1682

Decentralized stormwater management is based on the dispersal of stormwater management practices (SWMP) throughout a watershed to manage stormwater runoff volume and potentially restore natural hydrologic processes. This approach to stormwater management is increasingly popular but faces...

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Sustainability Challenges from Climate Change and Air Conditioning Use in Urban Areas

Lundgren, Karin; Kjellstrom, Tord - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 7, pp. 3116-3128

Global climate change increases heat loads in urban areas causing health and productivity risks for millions of people. Inhabitants in tropical and subtropical urban areas are at especial risk due to high population density, already high temperatures, and temperature increases due to climate...

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Assessment of Urban Attractiveness of Port Cities in Southern Italy—A Case Study of Torre Annunziata

Gravagnuolo, Antonia; Angrisano, Mariarosaria - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 9, pp. 3906-3925

waterfront and port area, improving resilience and creativity in order to integrate economic growth, ecological preservation and …

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The Climate Adaptation Frontier

Preston, Benjamin L.; Dow, Kirstin; Berkhout, Frans - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 3, pp. 1011-1035

Climate adaptation has emerged as a mainstream risk management strategy for assisting in maintaining socio-ecological systems within the boundaries of a safe operating space. Yet, there are limits to the ability of systems to adapt. Here, we introduce the concept of an “adaptation frontier”,...

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A Proposed Methodology for Prioritizing Project Effects to Include in Cost-Benefit Analysis Using Resilience, Vulnerability and Risk Perception

Ortega, Saúl Torres; Hanley, Nick; Simal, Pedro Diaz - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 7945-7966

resilience, vulnerability and risk, we suggest a method for prioritizing project impacts for inclusion in a CBA, which includes …

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Evaluating the Sustainability of a Small-Scale Low-Input Organic Vegetable Supply System in the United Kingdom

Markussen, Mads V.; Kulak, Michal; Smith, Laurence G.; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 4, pp. 1913-1945

Resource use and environmental impacts of a small-scale low-input organic vegetable supply system in the United Kingdom were assessed by emergy accounting and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The system consisted of a farm with high crop diversity and a related box-scheme distribution system. We...

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