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Looking back on childhood experiences of homelessness: Stories of ongoing residential instability and resilience

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Families' experience of homelessness is typically examined from the perspective of parents during or shortly after a shelter stay. Parents complain about rules, surveillance, crowding, and challenges to parenting in both homeless shelters and in doubling up with other households (sharing the others' homes), and relief when they attain their ...
Marybeth Shinn, Emma J. Sacks, Kayla Fike   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Approaching Urban Flood Modelling According to Available Data: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review and Future Challenges

Journal of Flood Risk Management
Urban flood modelling allows for developing effective strategies for mitigating flood risks and improving urban resilience. Different urban models can be selected according to the desired objective, ranging from simplified frameworks to more ...
Dina Pirone, Roberta Padulano, Giuseppe Del Giudice   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flood Protection of the Non-Urban Area

WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, 2023
Due to global warming, the risk of floods is constantly increasing due to the drying up of the soil, followed by more intense rain showers and storms. Therefore, it is essential to pay more attention to this topic now. The article deals with the design of flood protection in the municipality.
Malatinský, Adam, Hromada, Martin
openaire   +2 more sources

A Geomorphometric Approach to Estimate the Deterioration of Earthen Archaeological Sites by Rainfall and Diffusion Processes: The Huaca Chornancap (Eighth–14th Century ad), Lambayeque, Peru

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rain‐induced erosion processes can severely damage Earthen archaeological sites. Huaca Chornancap (HCH; eighth–14th century ad) is a platform located in the Lambayeque region (Peru) exposed to seasonal rain due to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Luigi Magnini, Maria Ilaria Pannaccione Apa, Robert Gutiérrez Cachay, Marco Fernández Manayalle, Carlos Eduardo Wester La Torre, Guido Ventura   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discussion on the urban flood and waterlogging and causes analysis in China

Shui kexue jinzhan, 2016
With the development of economy and society,China has stepped into the rapid urbanization process with the population urbanization rate rising from 36.22% in 2000 to 54.77% in 2014.
ZHANG Jianyun, WANG Yintang, HE Ruimin, HU Qingfang, SONG Xiaomeng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Making it explicit – Sustained shared thinking dialogue as a way to explore children's perspectives on quality in German early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract To negotiate quality in early childhood education and care, we must ask from different perspectives what constitutes a good centre for children. The children themselves have only recently been identified as a resource to contribute to that discussion.
Katrin Macha, Frauke Hildebrandt, Caroline Wronski, Jan Lonnemann, Mathias Urban   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring characteristics and drivers of flood hazard under different urban development patterns

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Urban expansion can influence flooding by altering impervious area, surface runoff and the distribution of population. While the impact of urban development on flood hazards has been widely studied, the variation in flood characteristics in the context ...
Ming Zhong, Tailin Chen, Lu Zhuo, Zeqiang Wang, Feng Ling, Dawei Han   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biographies, ontological security and the socio‐spatial politics shaping teachers' mobility in remote Australia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette, Reece Mills, Terri Bourke, Simone White, Martin Mills, Lisa van Leent   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Flood Prevention and Early Warning System in Jinan City

E3S Web of Conferences, 2018
The system construction of urban flood control and disaster reduction in China is facing pressure and challenge from new urban water disaster. Under the circumstances that it is difficult to build high standards of flood protection engineering measures ...
Feng Shiyuan, Li Qingguo
doaj   +1 more source

Flood susceptibility assessment for ungauged sites in urban areas using spatial modeling

Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2022
In urban areas, flood susceptibility assessment is of special importance because of the high settlement population, properties, and infrastructures. Geospatial information science (GIS) provides a tool for investigating flood susceptibility based on ...
Zohreh Masoumi
doaj   +1 more source