A central claim of community-based adaptation (CBA) is that it increases resilience. Yet, the concept of resilience is treated inconsistently in CBA, obscuring discussion of the limitations and benefits of resilience thinking and undermining evaluation of resilience outcomes in target communities...
Ensor, Jonathan
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Park, Sarah E.
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Attwood, Simon
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Kaminski, Alexander
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Johnson, Johanna
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[Can community-based adaptation increase resilience?]
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Can community-based adaptation increase resilience?
The potential for social learning to address complex, interconnected social and environmental challenges, such as climate change adaptation, is receiving increasing attention in research and practice. Social learning approaches vary, but commonly include cycles of knowledge sharing and joint acti...
Ensor, Jonathan
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Harvey, Blane
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[Social learning and climate change adaptation: evidence for international development practice]
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Social learning and climate change adaptation: evidence for international development practice
Whilst it is increasingly recognised that socio-political contexts shape climate change adaptation decisions and actions at all scales, current modes of development typically fail to recognise or adequately challenge these contexts where they constrain capacity to adapt. To address this failing, ...
Ensor, Jonathan
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Park, Sarah E.
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Hoddy ET
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Ratner BD
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[A rights-based perspective on adaptive capacity]
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A rights-based perspective on adaptive capacity