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Security of Ecology in Afghanistan

, 2008
"Homer-Dixon refers to five 'tectonic stresses' synergistically confronting the modern world: Population growth and urbanization, lack of reliable energy sources, environmental damage, climate change, and increasing economic inequity. The premise of this essay is that nowhere are these stresses more extreme than in Afghanistan. A geographic, political,
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‘Literal torture’: Vulnerability, resilience and young people's experiences of pressure in physical education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper combines vulnerability and resilience theory to explore the pressure young people experience in Physical Education (PE) and sport at secondary school. The theoretical framework was used to understand both how young people experience PE in school and how vulnerability and resilience function interdependently in social contexts like ...
David Littlefair, Michael Jopling
wiley   +1 more source

Construction and optimization of ecological security patterns in Chinese black soil areas considering ecological importance and vulnerability. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Chen B, Liu X, Liu J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Ecological Restoration Strategies for Mountainous Cities Based on Ecological Security Patterns and Circuit Theory: A Case of Central Urban Areas in Chongqing, China. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Lv L, Zhang S, Zhu J, Wang Z, Wang Z, Li G, Yang C.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding the co-existence of conflict and cooperation: Transboundary ecosystem management in the Virunga Massif [PDF]

, 2011
Azar Edward E, Baechler Günther, Barnett Jon, Brockington Dan, Büscher Bram, DFID, Dzingirai Vupenyu, D’Huart Jean Pierre, Griffin John, Griffiths Ieuan, Hammill Anne, Hanks John, Homer-Dixon Thomas, Howard Philip, Jones Brian, Kanter Rosabeth, Kaplan Robert, Klare Michael, Lanjouw Annette, Lowi Miriam, MacDonald Graham, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Mirumachi Naho, Parsons Craig, Peluso Nancy Lee, Price Steven, Prunier Gerard, Ross Michael, Sandwith Trevor, Shambaugh James, Shine Clare, Singh Jaidev, Suliman Mohamed, Thorsell Jim, UNEP, UNESCO, van der Linde Harry, Westing Arthur H, Wilkie David, Zbicz Dorothy Calhoun   +39 more
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Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Learning in prison is too often excluded from wider discussions of educational experiences, processes and impact. This paper proposes, for the first time, an iterative andragogical framework to conceptualise learning spaces within prison contexts.
Morwenna Bennallick, Jayne Finlay, Ross Little, Helen Nichols   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating ecological and recreational functions to optimize ecological security pattern in Fuzhou City. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Bai J, Sun R, Liu Y, Chen J, Li X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Water ecological security assessment and spatial autocorrelation analysis of prefectural regions involved in the Yellow River Basin. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Qiu M, Zuo Q, Wu Q, Yang Z, Zhang J.
europepmc   +1 more source

School readiness and the good level of development: Policy constructions in English early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper critically analyses how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explores how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of tourism ecological security and its obstacles in semi-arid river valley urban: a case study of Lanzhou, China. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wu K, Wu M, An Z, Jiao H.
europepmc   +1 more source