scholarly journals 3.3 Social Resilience Assessment in Flood-prone Neighborhoods. A Case Study of Two Districts in Behshahr, Iran

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 129-152
Author(s):  
Maliheh Hashemi Tilenoi ◽  
Anna Geppert
Keyword(s):  
Social Resilience ◽  
Resilience Assessment

scholarly journals Quantitative method for resilience assessment framework of airport network during COVID-19

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. e0260940
Author(s):  
Jiuxia Guo ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Zongxin Yang ◽  
Xinping Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Complex Network ◽  
Small World ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Small World Networks ◽  
Scale Free ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Network Metrics ◽  
Resilience Assessment

The resilience and vulnerability of airport networks are significant challenges during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Previous studies considered node failure of networks under natural disasters and extreme weather. Herein, we propose a complex network methodology combined with data-driven to assess the resilience of airport networks toward global-scale disturbance using the Chinese airport network (CAN) and the European airport network (EAN) as a case study. The assessment framework includes vulnerability and resilience analyses from the network- and node-level perspectives. Subsequently, we apply the framework to analyze the airport networks in China and Europe. Specifically, real air traffic data for 232 airports in China and 82 airports in Europe are selected to form the CAN and EAN, respectively. The complex network analysis reveals that the CAN and the EAN are scale-free small-world networks, that are resilient to random attacks. However, the connectivity and vulnerability of the CAN are inferior to those of the EAN. In addition, we select the passenger throughput from the top-50 airports in China and Europe to perform a comparative analysis. By comparing the resilience evaluation of individual airports, we discovered that the factors of resilience assessment of an airport network for global disturbance considers the network metrics and the effect of government policy in actual operations. Additionally, this study also proves that a country’s emergency response-ability towards the COVID-19 has a significantly affectes the recovery of its airport network.

scholarly journals Social Resilience in the Labour Market: Learning from Young Adults with Visual Impairments in Oslo and Delhi

Young ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 110330882097739
Author(s):  
Gagan Chhabra
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Gainful Employment ◽  
Employment Barriers ◽  
Market Learning

Globally, young adults with visual impairments (YAVI) encounter multiple employment barriers. However, many circumscribe the risk of labour market exclusion and secure gainful employment. This article surfaces protective factors that enable some qualified YAVI from Oslo and Delhi to participate in the labour market. It answers what similar individual and structural protective factors enable YAVI to overcome employment barriers in Oslo and Delhi. The article is theoretically couched in the three dimensions of social resilience linked to the individual’s coping, adaptive and transformative capacities, which are mediated by formal institutions, that is, disability organizations and public employment agencies. This comparative article is based on a qualitative case study wherein 29 YAVI were interviewed. It sparks a much-needed cross-national dialogue within youth studies and disability research to view YAVI as resourceful agents and not passive actors.

scholarly journals Enhancing Social Resilience of the Coastal Fishing Communities: A Case Study of Hilsa (Tenualosa Ilisha H.) Fishery in Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mozumder ◽  
Md. Wahab ◽  
Simo Sarkki ◽  
Petra Schneider ◽  
Mohammad Islam
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Income Loss ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Distribution Of Power

Social resilience is an essential aspect of sustainability in environmental management, especially in poor resource-dependent communities. To better understand the dynamics of social resilience, we have conducted a primarily qualitative study of communities dependent on hilsa fishing in two coastal villages in southern Bangladesh. This study applies concepts of social-ecological system (SES), social resilience and co-management in outlining our qualitative data and framing its interpretation. Our findings show that while the establishment of hilsa sanctuary areas has enhanced the previously low ecological sustainability of local small-scale fishing, the management of this program has challenged the social resilience of hilsa fishers by creating new inequalities in the distribution of power and privilege, in terms of the ways in which seasonal fishing bans are enforced and compensation for income loss during the ban periods is distributed. Based on our findings, we suggest specific measures for strengthening social resilience at the local level, including building community networks, developing community infrastructures, updating existing rules and regulations, providing alternative means of generating income for fishers during the crisis periods (e.g. natural disasters and fishing ban periods) and more active sharing of responsibility between stakeholders and government for management of the hilsa fishery. These findings are also applicable to understanding the issues beyond rules and regulations that co-management arrangements need to address in order to be successful and to enhancing the function of co-management arrangements in improving social resilience within resource-dependent communities.

scholarly journals An Integrated Approach to Analyze Sedimentary Stock and Coastal Erosion in Vulnerable Areas: Resilience Assessment of San Vicenzo’s Coast (Italy)

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 805
Author(s):  
Francesco Bianco ◽  
Paolo Conti ◽  
Salvador García-Ayllon ◽  
Enzo Pranzini
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Erosion ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Sea State ◽  
Erosion Risk ◽  
Geomorphic Features ◽  
Active Processes ◽  
Resilience Assessment ◽  
Morphological Patterns

The assessment of coastal erosion risk is a major challenge, since environmental and geomorphic features, together with sea state parameters, can seriously change the configuration of coastal areas. In addition, the anthropic actions of the coastal communities may also drastically modify the configuration of the coast in vulnerable areas. In this study, a linkage between regional mapping guidelines and national geological cartography procedures is presented as a meaningful tool in the geomorphic trends analysis for the integrated mapping of the main morphological patterns of San Vincenzo’s coastal area, in the region of Tuscany (Italy). Comparing and joining different procedures—which have different scales and topics—requires adapting the fields and the information provided in maps and databases. In this case study, a GIS morpho-sedimentological approach is developed. This GIS approach enables us to cover several issues simultaneously, such as the representation of coastal active processes, the adaptation of regional and national cartography to coastal erosion assessment, and lastly the calculation of the sedimentary stock analysis, since it represents the first attribute of coasts to be preserved in a resilience-oriented integrated assessment.

scholarly journals Assessment of Static Resilience of Objects in the Rail Transport

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. F96-F108
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Dvořák ◽  
Nikola Chovančíková ◽  
Katarína Hoterová ◽  
Michal Szatmári
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Events ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Rail Transport ◽  
Internal Environment ◽  
Specific Object ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
Resilience Assessment

Resilience is the ability of an object to retain its basic functions in the case of adverse events from an external or internal environment. Adverse events can jeopardize the operation of an object or cause it to become completely inoperable. The assessment of static resilience should be dealt with mainly by objects that are included in local, regional, national, and international critical infrastructure. ritical infrastructure is the basis of today's modern functioning society. The paper is focused on design of the static resilience evaluation of objects in the rail transport. The proposed method of static resilience assessment is based on safety pillars and is applied in a case study to a specific object of the rail transport. This approach is original in the conditions of the Slovak Republic.

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