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Assessments in Policy-Making: Case Studies from the Arctic Council [PDF]
, 2014 Julkaistu ...
Banul, Karolina +5 more
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Challenges in Creating a Disaster Resilient Built Environment [PDF]
, 2014 With the increase in occurrences of high impact disasters, the concept of risk reduction and resilience is widely recognised. Recent disasters have highlighted the exposure of urban cities to natural disasters and emphasised the need of making cities ...
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South Asia and societal challenges : a regional perspective [PDF]
, 2015 This paper is a summary of the South Asian region’s status and interests concerning the seven thematic societal challenges identified under the EU’s Horizon 2020 research programme: Health, demographic change and wellbeing; Food security, sustainable ...
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +3 more
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Living Shorelines & Resilience in Southern California: A Summary of a Series of Workshops held as part of The Resilient Coastlines Project of Greater San Diego [PDF]
, 2018 In 2016, a series of workshops were held to discuss living shorelines in SouthernCalifornia. The workshops specifically focused on the unique benefits, challenges andopportunities for implementing living shorelines in the region, and the nexus ...
Engeman, Laura
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Climate change and disaster impact reduction [PDF]
, 2008 Based on papers presented at the 'UK - South Asia Young Scientists and Practitioners Seminar on Climate Change and Disaster Impact Reduction' held at Kathmandu, Nepal on 5-6 June ...
Aryal, Komal, Gadema, Zaina
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, 2015 People in developing world derive a significant part of their livelihoods from various forest products, particularly non-timber forest products. This article attempts to explore the contribution of NTFPs in sustaining forest-based rural livelihood in and
Khan, N. A. +3 more
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Fed Up: Now's the Time to Invest in Agro-Ecology [PDF]
, 2012 As trends in investment in agriculture in poorer countries edge up, the combined effects of climate change, energy scarcity and water paucity now demand that we radically rethink our agricultural systems.Business as usual will not do.
Alex Wijeratna
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Training on Establishing Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) in Myanmar to Improve Food Security and Resilience in Agriculture [PDF]
, 2020 This training on establish Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) in Myanmar was a collaborative effort of the Food Security Working Group (FSWG) and the Myanmar Program of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction.
Barbon, Wilson John +3 more
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Collective intelligence for OER sustainability [PDF]
, 2010 To thrive, the Open Educational Resource (OER) movement, or a given initiative, must make sense of a complex, changing environment. Since “sustainability” is a desirable systemic capacity that our community should display, we consider a number of ...
Buckingham Shum, Simon, De Liddo, Anna
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Heritage and Resilience: Issues and Opportunities for Reducing Disaster Risks [PDF]
, 2013 This paper examines the unique role of cultural heritage in disaster risk reduction. Itintroduces various approaches to protect heritage from irreplaceable loss and considers ways to draw upon heritage as an asset in building the resilience of ...
Albrito, Paola +10 more
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