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This paper advocates the use of Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory as a framework to analyse resilience at diverse … scales. Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory can be employed to (a) benchmark social resilience, (b) target the priority … interventions required and (c) measure progress arising from these interventions to enhance resilience to natural disasters. First …
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study analysis of three of these projects, this paper looks for the benefits of resilience thinking in the context of … climate change adaptation. The analysis shows that the case study regions try to increase their resilience to climate change … only parts, certain sectors or subjects, of the region can increase their distinct resilience. Regional stakeholder …
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multidisciplinary work on resilience, disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation (CCA) and adaptive governance and then … proposes a new and innovative framework for adaptive and integrated disaster resilience (AIDR). AIDR is defined as the ability … of nations and communities to build resilience in an integrated manner and strengthen mechanisms to build system …
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L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...
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With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....
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A un anno dalla scadenza per il raggiungimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo del Millennio, fissata nel 2015, l’Indice Globale della Fame 2014 offre una prospettiva articolata del problema della fame nel mondo, che porta nuovi spunti al dibattito mondiale rispetto a dove concentrare gli sforzi...
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which residents perceived as supporting community resilience to disaster. There is a gap in this research area centred in … the form of an increased incidence of flooding, an urgent need exists to examine the factors that confer resilience to … complexity of community resilience and its interrelationship with individual resilience, a multi-method approach was used: a …
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study analysis of three of these projects, this paper looks for the benefits of resilience thinking in the context of … climate change adaptation. The analysis shows that the case study regions try to increase their resilience to climate change … only parts, certain sectors or subjects, of the region can increase their distinct resilience. Regional stakeholder …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010759018