Résultats de recherche

This paper reports on methodological innovations in an ecological investigation of protective processes in the experiences of youths in transition in eight locations around the globe.

Visitation to marine wildlife viewing tours has increased steadily in the last few decades.

The performance of the program was evaluated with respect to research, knowledge mobilization, and education that reflect core objectives of the International Community University Research Alliance

Given the growing emphasis in research and service provision on strengths rather than deficits, the focus on youth support in the South African Children’s Act of 2005 and the lack of educational, t

Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) related to protected areas (PAs) originated in the 1980‟s in Zimbabwe, Africa, in the buffer zone communities of Africa‟s National Parks.

Certain aspects of work organization, such as flexibility, autonomy, reflexivity, training, and interdisciplinarity can foster a practice that is recovery-oriented.

More than two decades after E. E. Werner and R. S. Smith (1982), N. Garmezy (1983), and M.

Existing monitoring programs may generate data unsuitable for strong inferences regarding wildlife community dynamics, and careful attention to objectives and methodology is needed.

This paper offers socio-ecological, situated perspectives on adolescent resilience derived from an application of interpretive visual methodologies to deepen understanding of adaptive youth develop

The study describes organizational and institutional foundations within traditional rural communities that can facilitate implementation of participatory community poverty reduction programs.

Spatial models determined that even a 0.4 metre rise in local mean sea level could destroy turtle nesting sites.

Traditional approaches to collective decision-making among Gabra pastoralists of north central Kenya represent an egalitarian, inclusive and deliberative model that stands in contrast to some aspec

Climate change and sea level rise affects Canada’s most sensitive coastlines. This research proposal studies the community of Isle Madame in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

This study assesses the expected impacts of sea level rise on one of the coastal communities of Trinidad, Grande Riviere.

A convergence of epistemological innovations occurring in fields as diverse as sociology, ecology, and the cross-cultural study of psychology makes it difficult to assert what is and is not a bench

The paper outlines factors that should be considered in an ecosystem approach to policy process. Merely exhorting policymakers to avoid reductionism is not enough.

A qualitative exploratory study was conducted in community-based centers that have developed nonmedical treatment approaches and programs for people with profound disorders of thought, emotions, an

According to the IPCC (2007) fourth assessment report, small islands and coastal communities have a set of characteristics that makes them very vulnerable to climate change impacts, mainly sea-leve

Grande Riviere is a coastal community that lies at that backshore of the Grande Riviere beach on the Northern coastline of Trinidad.

Climate change is being accompanied by rising sea levels and shifts in precipitation patterns worldwide.

This research develops an online Coastal Collaborative GIS (CCGIS) using local knowledge inputs to supplement existing data, towards creating a low cost, user-friendly risk mapping system that can

PAPR research works to reduce the mistrust and research fatigue that exists within academia and communities, and to maximize delivery of equitable economic benefits of research.

Grounded in the examples of four impoverished, relocated youths (two Sesotho-speaking orphans in South Africa and two Mexican immigrants in Canada), we explore cultural factors as potential roots o