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Socio-economic conditions and small business vulnerability to climate change impacts in Hong Kong [PDF]
, 2019 Small and micro businesses bear the brunt of climate change impacts in the climate-challenged economy. Vulnerability is embedded into the socio-economic trajectories of their primary decision-makers.
Lo, Alex, Liu, S., Cheung, Lewis T.O.
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum presented a pivotal moment in the nation's democratic landscape. Despite support for Indigenous well‐being, the referendum did not secure the necessary approval, prompting extensive analysis of its outcome.
Scott Baum, William Mitchell
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang +3 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As modes of activism rapidly evolve, activists—both seasoned and emerging—must increasingly navigate a hybrid terrain of both digital and non‐digital engagement. This paper draws on the personal narratives of 16 nascent activists based in Australia to explore how they develop competencies related to digital storytelling, which is critical to ...
Garth Stahl +5 more
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Rethinking Support Allocation: Mental Health and Patterns of Homelessness Support Utilisation
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Homelessness support agencies face substantial puzzles in allocating scarce resources: who gets access and who stays on the waitlist? This paper examines the influence of mental illness on the patterns of consuming non‐clinical homelessness support by persons experiencing homelessness and at risk.
Godwin Kavaarpuo, Kathryn Daley
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CoastsThis study enhances coastal vulnerability assessment by introducing a Modified Fuzzy DEMATEL technique that incorporates socio-ecological and power dynamic considerations.
Mohsen Pourmohammad Shahvar +1 more
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Aid and Growth Revisited: Policy, Economic Vulnerability and Political Instability [PDF]
This paper revisits the relationship between aid and growth, adding new assumptions to the standard Burnside-Dollar model, where aid effectiveness depends only on policy: 1) policy itself depends on aid, which involves a dynamic formulation of the ...
Lisa CHAUVET, Patrick GUILLAUMONT
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study draws on life event data on housed former prisoners from the nationwide indefinite life panel, Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, spanning more than two decades. This study investigates, using panel data methods, if social connectedness mediates the association between incarceration and unstable ...
Christopher L. Ambrey, Renee Zahnow
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Building world narratives for climate change impact, adaptation and vulnerability analyses [PDF]
The impacts of climate change on human systems depend not only on the level of emissions but also on how inherently vulnerable these systems are to the changing climate.
Przyluski Valentin +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Place‐based initiatives (PBIs) aim to address complex and intersecting forms of disadvantage shaped by health, social care, employment and geographical inequities. While PBIs offer integrated and community‐centred responses, limited evidence makes it difficult to understand the policy conditions that support their development and ...
Kanchan Marcus, Carmen Huckel Schneider
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