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Wicked Problems: Resilience, Adaptation, and Complexity
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2018)This chapter draws together an overall understanding of the social‐natural‐technical policy frameworks within which emBRACE work can be considered. It explains some of the discursive background to the ideas coalesced within ... -
Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Indicators for Assessing Community Resilience to Natural Hazards
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2018)A major prerequisite for operationalising resilience is the existence of sound analytical frameworks. The emBRACE project addressed the research needs through the development of an analytical framework of community resilience, ... -
Managing Complex Systems: The Need to Structure Qualitative Data
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2018)This chapter empirically shows how rigorous and transparent methods can be used to both maintain the integrity of 'softer' data while including it in 'holistic' assessments. It also shows that 'messiness' can be resolved ... -
The role of risk perception and community networks in preparing for and responding to landslides: a Dolomite case study
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2018)This chapter presents results from the case study in the alpine community Badia (Italy) which was hit by an unusually large landslide in December 2012. The objective of the study was to understand the resilience of the ... -
The Security Dimension of GMES: Network of Excellence GMOSS: A European Think Tank for EO Technologies in Support of Security Issues
(Springer, 2009)The European research landscape has evolved in the 7th framework programme (FWP) to reflect new challenges to human security both at the European and global levels. Today, European security research is designed to address ...
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