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The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work [PDF]

open access: bronzeChild Development, 2000
This paper presents a critical appraisal of resilience, a construct connoting the maintenance of positive adaptation by individuals despite experiences of significant adversity.
Suniya S. Luthar   +2 more
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Wayfinder: a new generation of resilience practice

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2021
Here, we introduce Wayfinder, a novel conceptual framework and a process design for resilience practice. Framed by the Anthropocene argument, and with an explicit social-ecological system focus, the purpose of Wayfinder is to help users navigate toward ...
Elin Enfors-Kautsky   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the International Multi-Hazard Disaster Risk Governance in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
The Mekong River Basin faces various interconnected hazards caused by climate risks and human development activities such as rapid hydropower dam construction that may increase disaster risks to downstream countries.
Cahyadi Robby   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scientific mobilization of keystone actors for biosphere stewardship

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
The biosphere crisis requires changes to existing business practices. We ask how corporations can become sustainability leaders, when constrained by multiple barriers to collaboration for biosphere stewardship.
Henrik Österblom   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

What factors enable social-ecological transformative potential? The role of learning practices, empowerment, and networking

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2023
Achieving sustainability in the Anthropocene requires radical changes to how human societies operate. The Seeds of Good Anthropocenes (SOGA) project has identified a diverse set of existing initiatives, called “seeds,” that have the potential to catalyze
Aaron J. Tuckey   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transdiagnostic psychosocial interventions to promote mental health in forcibly displaced persons: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2023
Background: People forced to leave their homes, such as refugees and internally displaced persons, are exposed to various stressors during their forced displacement, putting them at risk for mental disorders.
Sarah K. Schäfer   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Theory of Transformative Agency in Linked Social-Ecological Systems

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2013
We reviewed the literature on leadership in linked social-ecological systems and combined it with the literature on institutional entrepreneurship in complex adaptive systems to develop a new theory of transformative agency in linked social-ecological ...
Frances R. Westley   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engaging with complexity in resilience practice

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2021
In a complex and turbulent world, there is heightened interest in managing for resilience. However, resilience guides, particularly those used in the development field, often lack a theoretical grounding in complex adaptive systems.
My M. Sellberg   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a new resilience scale: The Connor‐Davidson Resilience Scale (CD‐RISC)

open access: yesDepression and Anxiety, 2003
Resilience may be viewed as a measure of stress coping ability and, as such, could be an important target of treatment in anxiety, depression, and stress reactions. We describe a new rating scale to assess resilience. The Connor‐Davidson Resilience scale
K. Connor, J. Davidson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Emerging signals of declining forest resilience under climate change

open access: yesNature, 2022
Forest ecosystems depend on their capacity to withstand and recover from natural and anthropogenic perturbations (that is, their resilience)1. Experimental evidence of sudden increases in tree mortality is raising concerns about variation in forest ...
G. Forzieri   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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