The resilience concept requires greater attention to human livelihoods if it is to address the
limits to adaptation strategies and the development needs of the planet's poorest and most …

Resilience has fast become a popular catchphrase used by government, international
finance organisations, NGOs, community groups and activists all over the globe. Despite its …

" Across diverse disciplines, the term resilience is appearing more and more often. However,
while each discipline has developed theory and models to explain the resilience of the …

This book is the first authored overview of resilience in tourism and its relationship to the
broader resilience literature. The volume takes a multi-scaled approach to examine …

Resilience has attracted criticism for its failure to address social vulnerability and to engage
with issues of equity and power. Here, we ask: what is equitable resilience? Our focus is on …

Resilience is currently infusing policy debates and public discourses, widely promoted as a
normative goal in fields as diverse as the economy, national security, personal development …

This chapter traces disaster definitions devised by social scientists, recounting the evolution
of scholarly thinking and the elements of the concept. The emphasis is on the definition of …

Todays, climate change, along with its impact on people's livelihood, is considered as one of
the most important challenges facing human societies. Regarded as one of the most …

There is an increasing need to evaluate the underlying drivers of community resilience.
Much of the existing research on resilience measurements assesses factors pertaining to a …

Green social work espouses a holistic approach to all peoples and other living things–plants
and animals, and the physical ecosystem; emphasises the relational nature of all its …