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Surviving the Post–Biafran War by Navigating the Igbo People's Igba‐Boi Apprenticeship Model of Entrepreneurship

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After the Nigerian Civil War, the Biafrans started from scratch through trades, mostly adopting the igba‐boi apprenticeship system in Nigeria. This paper examines the impact of the igba‐boi entrepreneurship system in post‐Biafra for the survival of the Igbo identity.
Chiemela Victor Amaechi, Ugo Pascal Onumonu, Salmia Binti Beddu, Ikechi Mgbeoji   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Framework for Resilience-based Governance of Social-Ecological Systems

Ecology and Society, 2013
Panarchy provides a heuristic to characterize the cross-scale dynamics of social-ecological systems and a framework for how governance institutions should behave to be compatible with the ecosystems they manage.
Ahjond S. Garmestani, Melinda Harm. Benson   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is resilience a normative concept? [PDF]

, 2018
In this paper, we engage with the question of the normative content of the resilience concept. The issues are approached in two consecutive steps. First, we proceed from a narrow construal of the resilience concept – as the ability of a system to absorb ...
Bird A., Folke C., Holling C. S., Holling C. S., Kellert S., Simon J., Williams B.   +6 more
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Towards a theoretical grounding of climate resilience assessments for smallholder farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2015
Resilience assessments are increasingly used to inform management decisions and development interventions across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In light of current and future climate change and variability, there is growing interest in applying such tools and
Berkes, Berkes, Béné, Cabell, Chambers, Chambers, Coulthard, Crane, Dixon, Folke, Folke, Fraser, Gunderson, Hahn, Heeks, Holling, Holling, Holzmann, Kates, Leach, Leeuwis, Miller, Neeraj, Olsson, Parry, Pelling, Reed, Salami, Schultz, Stringer, Tompkins, Tschakert, Twyman, Walker, Walker, Walker, Walker, Westley   +37 more
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Panarchie dans le Sahel

Emulations - Revue de sciences sociales, 2017
Cet article porte sur l’initiative de la « Grande muraille verte », projet de reforestation et de développement intégré de la bande sahélienne et sur la mise en place d’un observatoire dédié, au Sénégal. Sur base d’une observation participante, les auteurs analysent le passage de la rhétorique environnementale à l’action opérationnelle sur le terrain à
Axel Ducourneau, Abdou Ka, Mehdi Saqalli
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Climate advisory committees in European climate governance: Expertise, representation and co‐production

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 598-608, November 2025.
Abstract This article examines the institutional design and statutory mandates of Climate Advisory Committees (CACs) in Denmark, Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom through comparative legal analysis. The CACs share the common feature of operating as boundary institutions mediating between scientific knowledge and policy implementation, with ...
Elena Cirkovic, Ole W. Pedersen
wiley   +1 more source

Transformation from "Carbon Valley" to a "Post-Carbon Society" in a Climate Change Hot Spot: the Coalfields of the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia

Ecology and Society, 2008
This paper examines the possibilities for transformation of a climate-change hot spot - the coal-producing Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia - using complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory. It uses CAS theory to understand the role of coal in the
Geoffrey R. Evans
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Economic Resilience of German Lignite Regions in Transition [PDF]

, 2019
This paper recalls the development of the German lignite regions Rhineland and Lusatia since 1945 to allow for a better understanding of their situation in 2019. We analyze their economic resilience, defined as adaptive capacity, using Holling’s adaptive
Oei, Pao-Yu, Schöttker, Oliver, Stognief, Nora, Walk, Paula   +3 more
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What Options Do We Have? The Supply Chain Resilience Funnel

Journal of Supply Chain Management, Volume 61, Issue 2, Page 74-105, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Supply chain resilience (SCRes) enables an organization to deal with disruptive changes over time. Previous research has often examined SCRes as a standalone concept, overlooking its multidimensional and complex roots that enable organizations to deal with change. This research integrates SCRes with connectedness and potential. Together, these
Kirstin Scholten, Dirk Pieter van Donk, Stefania Boscari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Most Resilient Show on Earth: The Circus as a Model for Viewing Identity, Change, and Chaos

Ecology and Society, 2007
Resilience, adaptability, and transformability are all tightly linked to the notion of change, whether in respect to coping with, adapting to, or harnessing it. But in order to understand these forces of change, we first need to recognize its counterpart:
Philip A. Loring
doaj   +1 more source