Certain aspects of work organization, such as flexibility, autonomy, reflexivity, training, and interdisciplinarity can foster a practice that is recovery-oriented.
More than two decades after E. E. Werner and R. S. Smith (1982), N. Garmezy (1983), and M.
Existing monitoring programs may generate data unsuitable for strong inferences regarding wildlife community dynamics, and careful attention to objectives and methodology is needed.
This paper offers socio-ecological, situated perspectives on adolescent resilience derived from an application of interpretive visual methodologies to deepen understanding of adaptive youth develop
The study describes organizational and institutional foundations within traditional rural communities that can facilitate implementation of participatory community poverty reduction programs.
Spatial models determined that even a 0.4 metre rise in local mean sea level could destroy turtle nesting sites.
Traditional approaches to collective decision-making among Gabra pastoralists of north central Kenya represent an egalitarian, inclusive and deliberative model that stands in contrast to some aspec
Climate change and sea level rise affects Canada’s most sensitive coastlines. This research proposal studies the community of Isle Madame in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
This study assesses the expected impacts of sea level rise on one of the coastal communities of Trinidad, Grande Riviere.
A convergence of epistemological innovations occurring in fields as diverse as sociology, ecology, and the cross-cultural study of psychology makes it difficult to assert what is and is not a bench
The paper outlines factors that should be considered in an ecosystem approach to policy process. Merely exhorting policymakers to avoid reductionism is not enough.
A qualitative exploratory study was conducted in community-based centers that have developed nonmedical treatment approaches and programs for people with profound disorders of thought, emotions, an
According to the IPCC (2007) fourth assessment report, small islands and coastal communities have a set of characteristics that makes them very vulnerable to climate change impacts, mainly sea-leve
Grande Riviere is a coastal community that lies at that backshore of the Grande Riviere beach on the Northern coastline of Trinidad.
Climate change is being accompanied by rising sea levels and shifts in precipitation patterns worldwide.
This research develops an online Coastal Collaborative GIS (CCGIS) using local knowledge inputs to supplement existing data, towards creating a low cost, user-friendly risk mapping system that can
PAPR research works to reduce the mistrust and research fatigue that exists within academia and communities, and to maximize delivery of equitable economic benefits of research.
Grounded in the examples of four impoverished, relocated youths (two Sesotho-speaking orphans in South Africa and two Mexican immigrants in Canada), we explore cultural factors as potential roots o
Studies that focus on community-level factors associated with the resilience of youth and families reflect a shift in perspective from community deficits to the potential of communities to facilita
An international team of investigators in 11 countries have worked collaboratively to develop a culturally and contextually relevant measure of youth resilience, the Child and Youth Resilience Meas
A social ecological model of resilience is used to show that resilience is dependent on a family's ability to both access available resources that sustain individual and collective well-being, as w
Objectives to improve child nutrition in Ghana have been accomplished thus far through training activities, establishment of the University of Ghana’s Nutrition Research and Training Centre, gradua
The aim of this paper is to explore the relevance of a systematic application of resilience thinking to questions of pastoralist policy, a task that requires taking the concept of resilience beyond