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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Longer‐duration, holistic, cohort‐based, coach‐led interventions may be particularly effective in promoting both economic health and emotional well‐being among unmarried mothers living in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Aligning with the 1999 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) framework for program evaluation, this study presents a ...
Jennifer Langhinrichsen‐Rohling +5 more
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Theoretical approaches to urban resilience
Eastern European Journal for Regional StudiesThis paper investigates the concept of resilience through its social, ecological, economic, and institutional dimensions. It explores key factors such as social cohesion, social capital, and community infrastructure in enhancing social resilience. The analysis extends to ecological resilience, focusing on biodiversity, habitat complexity, and the ...
Daniela Antonescu +1 more
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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 +2 more
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Resilience resistance: The challenges and implications of urban resilience implementation
Cities, 2020 Growing concern about major threats, including climate change, environmental disasters, and other hazards, is matched with the increased interest and appeal of the concept of urban resilience. Much scholarly attention has focused on how to define urban resilience, in addition to raising questions about its applicability and usefulness.
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Energy and AIPower system is vital to modern societies, while it is susceptible to hazard events. Thus, analyzing resilience characteristics of power system is important.
Bo Li, Ali Mostafavi
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The potential of ‘Urban Green Commons’ in the resilience building of cities
, 2013 While cultural diversity is increasing in cities at a global level as a result of urbanization, biodiversity is decreasing with a subsequent loss of ecosystem services.
Barthel, Stephan,, Colding, Johan,
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Becoming resilient: Community‐driven change and the Civic Capacity Index
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract One of the principal features of successful community governance is that it is collaborative and thus dependent on a community's ability to work together. However, there are no valid, comprehensive means to assess a community's capacity to respond to civic challenges in collaborative ways, and that are predictive of community resilience and ...
David MacPhee +2 more
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Developments in the Built EnvironmentFire evacuation drills are crucial for familiarizing occupants with building layouts and evacuation procedures. However, organizing a large drill in an educational site is rare due to the cost effort and data limitations. This paper examines a fire drill
Yuxin Zhang +3 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract In the digital era, adolescent development is deeply embedded in the cyber environment. Despite ongoing debate on the benefits and/or risks that Internet use brings to adolescents in empirical studies, conceptual and theoretical discussion on the influences of the intensity and modalities of Internet use is peripheral.
Linxiao Zhang +3 more
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Smart and Resilient Cities: synergies and mismatching points between the two paradigms
, 2014 Climate change and energy scarcity are considered the main environmental issues challenging contemporary cities. In the meanwhile, urban development patterns and above all the growth of urban population, which is expected to further increase in the next ...
Saretta E. +3 more
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