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Perceptions of climate change risks and resilient island planning in the Maldives

Sovacool, Benjamin - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 17 (2012) 7, pp. 731-752

vulnerabilities by demonstrating coastal protection measures. Benefits to the ICCR include improving physical resilience by deploying … “soft” infrastructure, institutional resilience by training policymakers and enhancing good governance, and community … resilience by strengthening community assets and awareness. Challenges include ensuring that adaptation efforts are enough to …

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Resilience, vulnerability and adaptive capacity of an inland rural town prone to flooding: a climate change adaptation case study of Charleville, Queensland, Australia

Keogh, Diane; Apan, Armando; Mushtaq, Shahbaz; King, David - In: Natural Hazards 59 (2011) 2, pp. 699-723

, resilience and adaptive capacity of this community by studying the 2008 flood event. Structured questionnaires were administered …

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Climate change vulnerability and resilience: current status and trends for Mexico

Ibarrarán, María; Malone, Elizabeth; Brenkert, Antoinette - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 12 (2010) 3, pp. 365-388

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Securing a sustainable future through a new global contract between rich and poor

Lange, Willem J. de; Wise, Russell M.; Nahman, Anton - In: Sustainable Development 18 (2010) 6, pp. 374-384

Global sustainable development depends on the capacity of natural, social and economic systems to adapt to external stimuli. However, building this adaptive capacity in the developing world context of sub-Saharan Africa will require substantial investment in these systems, which most countries...

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A comparative analysis of several vulnerability concepts

Hufschmidt, Gabi - In: Natural Hazards 58 (2011) 2, pp. 621-643

wider context not only of vulnerability but also of resilience and risk research. It is demonstrated that ‘adaptation’ and … ‘adaptive capacity’ serve as hinges not only for conceptualising vulnerability but between ‘vulnerability’ and ‘resilience …

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Farmers facing rapid agricultural land condition changes in two villages in the Upper Amazon, Peru: can action learning contribute to resilience?

Marquardt, Kristina; Salomonsson, Lennart; Geber, Ulrika - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 8 (2009) 5/6, pp. 457-483

the institutional setting for such experimental activities within a resilience theory framework. By using action research … resilience of an agricultural system, particularly its adaptive capacity. …

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Effective business model adaptations in family SMEs in response to the COVID-19 crisis

Brunelli, Sofia; Gjergji, Rafaela; Lazzarotti, Valentina; … - In: Journal of family business management : JFBM 13 (2023) 1, pp. 101-117

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Household resilience to climate change in the "big three" African economies

Yusuf, Sulaiman A.; Salami, Adeleke; Akin-Olagunju, A.; … - 2023

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Viewpoint: shaping resilient service ecosystems in times of crises : a trans-Tasman perspective

Fehrer, Julia; Bove, Liliana L. - In: The journal of services marketing 36 (2022) 4, pp. 489-498

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RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ECONOMY, CO-ADAPTABILITY AND RESILIENCE OF MARINE ECOSYSTEMS

Villasante Larramendi, Sebastián - In: Revista Galega de Economía 20 (2011) 2

. Trying to understand this problem, the concept of resilience examines the capacity of social-ecological systems to overcome a … characteristics of resilience and capacity to absorb the changes suffered by marine ecosystems. It also explores the relationship …

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