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Economic Resilience and Crowdsourcing Platforms

open access: yesJournal of Information Systems and Technology Management, 2015
The increased interdependence and complexity of modern societies have increased the need to involve all members of a community into solving problems. In times of great uncertainty, when communities face threats of different kinds and magnitudes, the traditional top-down approach where government provides solely for community wellbeing is no longer ...
Kendra L. Smith   +2 more
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Regional determinants of economic resilience [PDF]

open access: yesThe Annals of Regional Science, 2017
The economic resilience approach recently spread among regional scientists and economic geographers has provided new challenges to empirical researchers interested in studying the overall temporary and persistent consequences of the recent crisis and, more broadly, economic shocks.
P. Di Caro, U. Fratesi
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Spatial and temporal variation of economic resilience and its drivers: Evidence from Chinese cities

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Based on panel data of 282 cities in China from 2005 to 2019, this paper constructs an economic resilience evaluation index system in three dimensions and applies the entropy value method to measure it.
Jie Huang   +3 more
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Economic Vulnerability and Resilience: Concepts and Measurements [PDF]

open access: yesOxford Development Studies, 2009
In this paper, economic vulnerability is defined as the exposure of an economy to exogenous shocks, arising out of economic openness, while economic resilience is defined as the policy-induced ability of an economy to withstand or recover from the effects of such shocks.
Briguglio, Lino   +3 more
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An energy storage allocation method for renewable energy stations based on standardized supply curve

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2023
The goal of carbon emission peak and carbon neutrality requires China to vigorously develop renewable energy. However, renewable energy has obvious randomness and volatility.
Jiaojiao Deng   +5 more
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Resilience, adaptive capacity, and the lock-in trap of the Western Australian agricultural region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Using the Western Australian (WA) agricultural region as an example of a large-scale social-ecological system (SES), this paper applies a framework based on resilience theory to examine the region's resilience and capacity for change and renewal. Despite
Allison, H.E.   +3 more
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The Impact of Hurricane Strikes on Short-Term Local Economic Activity: Evidence from Nightlight Images in the Dominican Republic

open access: yesInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2019
The Dominican Republic is highly exposed to adverse natural events that put the country at risk of losing hard-won economic, social, and environmental gains due to the impacts of disasters.
Oscar A. Ishizawa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Managing for local resilience: towards a strategic approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The term resilience is increasingly being used to capture the challenges involved in managing in ‘hard times’. This article aims to provide one of the first empirical studies of the term’s application to local authority interventions around emergency ...
Shaw, Keith, Maythorne, Louise
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Exploring hospital certification processes from the certification body’s perspective - a qualitative study

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Hospital certification is an external assessment mechanism to assure quality and safety systems. Auditors representing the certification body play a key role in certification processes, as they perform the assessment activities and interact ...
Dag Tomas Sagen Johannesen, Siri Wiig
doaj   +1 more source

The role and capacities of large-scale actor coalitions in shaping sustainability transformations

open access: yesGlobal Sustainability
Non-Technical Summary Several transnational corporations, investors, international organizations, and philanthropies have formed coalitions to respond to global social and environmental challenges.
Sofia Maniatakou   +2 more
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