historic centres that are key resources in building resilience to disasters but are also highly vulnerable due to several …

Purpose – This study aims to explore how insurance organisations interpret organisational resilience; to identify … potential objectives, elements and practices of organisational resilience within insurance organisations; and to investigate the … impact of culture on resilience. Design/methodology/approach – An empirical study in the insurance industry in Jordan was …

challenge to devise ways to achieve sustainable development by reducing patterns of vulnerability. Disaster reduction is … efficient hazard mitigation at various levels. This can help in increasing the resilience among communities at risk by enabling … future threats. The aim of this paper is to explore the concept of resilience in general and what this means before, during …

southeast of the study area show a high vulnerability already in the 2030s. A consideration of climate change in the strategic …

in Tyrol to warm winter seasons and to draw conclusions for climate change vulnerability. Design … average future winter seasons. By interpreting changes in the analogue year, the potential vulnerability of the winter tourism …

question is how exactly, and with which perspectives. This is the challenge of the African youth. Africa’s young are eagerly …’s new generation for two reasons: because Africa will be most affected by climate change, and because it is ideally suited … international knowledge economy, Africa’s youth needs first and foremost an educational initiative at the forefront of global …

have empirically documented the functioning of retail markets in developing countries, especially in Africa. The purpose of … Ethiopia, one of the most populous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. To better understand urban food retail, the authors rely on … is limited to the city of Addis Ababa and it seems useful if similar studies could be conducted in other cities in Africa …