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With best wishes, Zareen Bharucha Dr. Zareen Pervez Bharucha | interdisciplinary Centre for Environment and Society, University of Essex Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK +44-1206-87 2219 | Research Assistant, Resilience in Ecocultures<http://www.essex.ac.uk/global_challenges/> | Editorial Assistant, Int Journ Agric Sust (IJAS)<Int%20Journ%20Agric%20Sust> Ecocultures 2012 Transitions to Sustainability A Conference to take place at the University of Essex, 17th -18th April 2012 Ecocultures are communities from whom we can learn the art and science of sustainable living. The aim of Ecocultures 2012 is to advance knowledge of how communities adapt successfully to social-ecological change, maintain resilience and enhance wellbeing. The conference will present and synthesise the best, current, multi-disciplinary perspectives of the barriers and bridges encountered by Ecocultures and how they can contribute to a global transition to sustainability. Context In an emerging 'perfect storm' of pervasive and sometimes turbulent ecological, social and cultural change human communities will need to find ways to adapt creatively and sustainably. In doing so, we will need to learn how to mitigate emerging global threats such as climate change and resource degradation through changes in individual behaviour, community actions, state-level responses and international governance. We will need to adapt - psychologically, socially, economically, politically and culturally - to the new social and environmental conditions of the anthropocene. And finally, we will need make these adaptations creatively, in a way that maintains or improves well-being. The scope and urgency of these challenges require us to critically examine current efforts to live sustainably, and understand the nature and mechanisms of sustainability. The Ecocultures research programme at the University of Essex examines how traditional and newly emerging communities across the world are already responding to these challenges relatively successfully. Designated as 'Ecocultures', these communities provide living examples of sustainability in resilient social-ecological systems. They offer us lessons on how sustainability looks, possible pathways for transition, and offer hope that high levels of ecological well-being are consistent with the flourishing of society and culture. In doing so, they provide hope that there is more than one way to develop and more than one way to be happy, whilst maintaining a commitment to environmental and societal well-being. The Ecocultures 2012 conference will bring together members of these communities, researchers who work with them, policy makers interested in applying their lessons and development practitioners looking for innovative ways to enhance social-ecological well-being. Together, we will examine the principles and practices of 'Ecocultures' from multiple disciplinary perspectives and at every scale, from the individual to the community and beyond. The questions we will address will range from the deepest organising principles of alternative development paradigms (how do the members of Ecocultures view their place in the world and accord value to nature?) to the practicalities of their social and economic organisation. We invite submissions from across the spectrum of the social sciences and humanities; trans-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary submissions are particularly encouraged. Conference Themes We invite submissions from academics, policy makers and development practitioners engaged in work on resilience and sustainability. Papers could include (but are not limited to) the following themes: * Case studies on communities successfully adapting to social-ecological change; * Case studies of historic examples of highly resilient communities and their current status; * Analyses of the 'traditional' practices contributing to sustainable lifestyles, the stresses to which these provide resilience, and the barriers and bridges to the continued practice of such traditional lifestyles in today's world; * The emergence of 'new' Ecocultures, such as cultural revitalisation initiatives, 'back to the land' initiatives and the transition movement; the barriers and bridges to sustainability within these initiatives, the potential for their spread, their contribution to well-being and to social-ecological resilience at community level and beyond; * Critical analyses of current and alternative notions of 'development', 'sustainability' and 'resilience'; * Analyses of struggles for resources: how do, for example, the extractive industries and multi-national corporations affect the sustainability of communities; * Conflicts between different notions and practices of 'sustainability'; * Meta-analyses of the social, economic, political and cultural barriers and bridges to sustainability; * Analyses of the role played by current policies, economic and corporate initiatives for 'sustainability', including the potential for sustainable governance, the links between international trade and sustainable growth, and the potential role played by consumer awareness, environmental regulations, new methods of environmental valuation and corporate social responsibility initiatives. Conference keynote address One of the conference's keynote addresses will be delivered by Professor Jules Pretty, Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Essex. He is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability and Resources), Pro-Vice-Chancellor responsible for the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor. His books include This Luminous Coast (2011), Nature and Culture (co-authored, 2010), The Earth Only Endures (2007), Environment (4 vols, ed 2006), The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Agriculture (2005, ed), The Pesticide Detox (2005, ed), Agri-Culture (2002) and Regenerating Agriculture (1995). He is a Fellow of the Society of Biology and the Royal Society of Arts, former Deputy-Chair of the Government's Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE), and has served on advisory committees for a number of government departments. He is currently member of the Lead Expert Group for the UK Government's Foresight Global Food and Farming Futures Project, member of the Expert Panel for UK National Ecosystem Assessment and member of BBSRC's Strategy Advisory Board. He received an OBE in 2006 for services to sustainable agriculture, and an honorary degree from Ohio State University in 2009. Conference Arrangements The conference will take place on the Colchester campus of the University of Essex from the morning of Tueday, 17th April until the afternoon of Wednesday, 18th April 2012. Conference costs will be kept to a minimum and confirmed by the end of January 2012. For maps and travel directions, see http://www.essex.ac.uk/about/getting_here/ Submissions and Contacts Paper proposals, in the form of an abstract (400-700 words) and Panel proposals (max 1000 words), should be sent to Prof. Steffen Böhm (steffen at essex.ac.uk<mailto:steffen@essex.ac.uk>) and Dr. Zareen Bharucha (zpbhar at essex.ac.uk<mailto:zpbhar@essex.ac.uk>) by 16th January 2012. Please make reference to the conference in the subject line of your email by marking it 'Ecocultures 2012'. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 30th January 2012. For general inquiries, please email Dr. Zareen Bharucha (zpbhar at essex.ac.uk<mailto:zpbhar@essex.ac.uk>). A visa letter can be provided for delegates who will require it for travel to the UK. Please let us know if you need one. -- unknown: Advancing in the Making Cities Resilient Campaign Aug 25, 2011 02:53:19 [The message below is from ISDR, not me.] Dear campaign colleagues, cities and partners, We are moving forward in increasing the visibility of cities and local governments roles in disaster risk reduction, and the commitment to act, through the campaign “Making Cities Resilient: My City is getting ready!”. We have now almost 800 local governments that signed up to the campaign working on advancing on some or all of the "Ten Essentials for Making Cities Resilient". Chengdu Declaration for Action Following the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (see the Mayors' Statement and other local government activities there at: http://www.unisdr.org/english/campaigns/campaign2010-2011/at-gp11/) our latest global event was the 2011 World’s Cities Scientific Development Forum (WCSDF) with a Mayor’s Summit on Disaster Risk Reduction (11-13 August 2011, Chengdu). Attached you find the Chengdu Declaration for Action that was the outcome of the Cities Forum and Mayors’ Summit. It represents a workplan for the coming years and an important next step in implementing the Making Cities Resilient Campaign. 200 participants from 33 countries including more than 40 Mayors and City/local Government representatives, as well as Parliamentarians, Ambassadors and international partners, participated in Chengdu Forum and Summit (see the annex of the Declaration for Action) and committed to the Plan of Action. The presentations, sharing of experience and discussions among the cities and representatives at the Forum and the Summit addressed some of the most pressing issues facing cities today, such as natural resource and environmental management, climate change and disaster risk management. The Plan of Action is building on the commitments made by the Mayors at the Global Platform and on the discussions from the WCSDF. The five-point strategy of the Chengdu Declaration of Action includes enhancing cooperation between cities, incorporating disaster resilient initiatives into urban development planning, and raising more awareness in cities about disaster risk reduction. The other points of the Declaration look at tapping into and influencing international debates, such as the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) next year, as well as improving disaster preparedness and emergency management of cities. I encourage you to familiarize yourself with the Plan of action and apply it to your city and community and encourage you to let us know what your plans are. Twelve new cities signed up to the campaign during the Summit, and Mayor Keith Hinds from Portmore, Jamaica, was nominated campaign Champion for the Caribbean. The Chinese based organization, World Cities Sustainable Development Alliance (WCSDA), signed up as a core partner in the campaign and offered to organized and sponsor an international annual Forum for the coming five years, to be hosted by a different Chinese cities. The City of Chengdu, co-organizer of the events, and the WCSDA, arranged a one day field trip for participants to learn about the very innovative and exceptionally fast reconstruction after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, the Dujiangyan Irrigation system and flood protection which dates back to 256 B.C. Sister Cities International was also co-organizing of the Cities Forum, and brought five cities from the United States. Handbook for Mayors and Local Governments & Local Government Self Assessment Tool The Cities Forum was preceded with a one day workshop on the content of the Handbook for Mayors and Local Governments on making cities resilient, which will be ready later in the year. In addition, UNISDR developed a Local Government Self Assessment Tool for disaster risk reduction, which is building on the "Ten Essentials" and the Hyogo Framework for Action monitoring tool for national governments. It is now being tested in 15-20 cities and will soon be released. International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, 13 October The International Day for Disaster Reduction will take place on 13 October and the first announcement is available at: http://www.unisdr.org/2011/iddr/ . We will send you more information shortly. Best regards, Helena Molin Valdés Director a.i. United Nations, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Sent of behalf of Ms Helena Molin Valdés by: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sandra Amlang Special Assistant to the Director a.i. United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) International Environment House (IEH-2), Chemin de Balexert 7-9, Châtelaine, CH-1219 Geneva Tel: +41 (0)22 917 8823, Fax: +41 (0)22 917 8964 ============================================ MAKING CITIES RESILIENT- My city is getting ready! www.unisdr.org/campaign ============================================ Make every page count! Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail and attachments. -- unknown: RE: Island vulnerability and resilience to climate change Aug 03, 2011 08:17:47 Hi Lisa Just to let you know that I am in the process of developing an environmental course for businessmen for the Da Vinci Institute (www.davinci.ac.za) and will be looking at organisations such as yours for case studies and lecture material. A summary of the course outline is on our website (http://www.brousse-james.co.za/index.php?option=com_content <http://www.brousse-james.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id =119&Itemid=72> &view=article&id=119&Itemid=72) - please excuse the fact that the website is partly under construction and is not complete. Regards Barry James Brousse-James & Associates Ecological & Environmental Services PO Box 1304 Howick, 3290 South Africa Tel +27(0)33 3304984 Fax: +27 (0)862125248 Cell: 0828954089 e-mail: brousse@sai.co.za web: www.Brousse-James.co.za From: Lisa Knoblauch [mailto:lisam1219@gmail.com] Sent: 01 August 2011 11:37 AM To: Resilience Dialog Subject: Re: Island vulnerability and resilience to climate change Hello Ilan, I'm sorry to just now be responding to this. I have signed on to your facebook page to stay connected. I am curious to know more about the work that you are doing and where you are based out of. My organization, Resilient Futures International, has been working with the island of Aruba on sustainability issues. You can see more information at www.resilient-futures-international.org. Thank you for putting together the information you have- it's definitely important for us all to be sharing our work! Regards, Lisa On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Ilan Kelman <ilan_kelman@hotmail.com> wrote: I have posted a summary of my publications on Small Island Developing States' vulnerability and resilience to climate change at http://www.islandvulnerability.org/docs/islandsclimatechange.pdf (with the text also below). With deepest apologies for this blatant self-promotion, but I hope that others will do the same so that I could learn from your own work and so that we could continue sharing material. For those on Facebook, I also have an Island Vulnerability and Resilience group https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_144753968919662 (must be logged into Facebook to see it). Please let me know of your own island-related resilience initiatives. Thank you! Ilan Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Climate Change Ilan Kelman: http://www.ilankelman.org/contact.html Island Vulnerability and Resilience: http://www.islandvulnerability.org Over the past few years, I and colleagues have published several scientific papers on Small Island Developing States (SIDS; http://www.sidsnet.org) dealing with climate change, as listed below. The publications from the last few years are part of the Many Strong Voices programme http://www.manystrongvoices.org for climate change action in the Arctic and SIDS. As part of this programme, I have collected documents from the 1989 Maldives conference on SIDS and sea-level rise at http://www.islandvulnerability.org/slr1989.html With thanks to everyone working on these topics and I would be delighted to receive the work of others so that I could learn from it. SIDS and Climate Change (freely available online) CICERO and UNEP/GRID-Arendal. 2008. Many Strong Voices: Outline for an assessment project design. CICERO Report 2008:05. CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo), Oslo, Norway. Full text at http://www.cicero.uio.no/media/6359.pdf Kelman, I. 2006. "Island Security and Disaster Diplomacy in the Context of Climate Change". Les Cahiers de la Sécurité, vol. 63, pp. 61-94. Full text (English and French) at http://www.disasterdiplomacy.org/publications.html#kelman2006b Kelman, I. 2008. "Island Evacuation". Forced Migration Review, issue 31 (October 2008), pp. 20-21. Full text (English, Spanish, French, and Arabic) at http://www.fmreview.org/climatechange.htm Kelman, I. 2010. "Review of Jon Barnett & John Campbell (2010) Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific". Island Studies Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 261-263. Full text at http://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/islandstudies.ca/files/ISJ-5-2-2010-BOOKRE VIEWS.pdf Kelman, I., J. Mercer, and J. West. 2009. "Combining different knowledges: community-based climate change adaptation in small island developing states". Participatory Learning and Action Notes, no. 60, pp. 41-53. Full text (English and Arabic) at http://pubs.iied.org/G02812.html Kelman, I. and J. West. 2009. "Climate Change and Small Island Developing States: A Critical Review". Ecological and Environmental Anthropology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-16. Full text at http://eea.anthro.uga.edu/index.php/eea/article/viewArticle/69 Le Masson, V. and I. Kelman. 2011. "Entendre les préoccupations des populations des petits États insulaires en développement dans l'adaptation au changement climatique". VertigO, vol. 10, no. 3, online. Full text (French only) at http://vertigo.revues.org/10572 SIDS and Climate Change (not freely available online; please contact me) Crump, J. and I. Kelman. 2009. "Many Strong Voices from Arctic and Island Peoples". Pp. 284-295 in UNESCO (ed.), Climate Change and Arctic Sustainable Development, UNESCO, Paris, France (English and French). http://publishing.unesco.org/details.aspx?Code_Livre=4722 Karlsson, M. and I. Kelman. 2010. "Island Challenges: Participatory Processes for Dealing with Climate Change". LiNQ, vol. 37, pp. 104-116. http://www.linq.org.au Kelman, I. 2010. "Hearing local voices from Small Island Developing States for climate change". Local Environment, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 605-619. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a926079917~db=all~jumptype= rss <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content%7Econtent=a926079917%7Edb=all%7Eju mptype=rss> Kelman, I. 2011. "Dealing with Climate Change on Small Island Developing States". Practicing Anthropology, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 28-32. http://sfaa.metapress.com/link.asp?id=y716x2w644163050 Kelman, I. and J.C. Gaillard. 2009. "Challenges and Opportunities of Disaster-Related Public Anthropology". Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 119-139. http://www.researchpubonline.com/journals/101-ajedm/2009/0102/S1793924009000 194.xml Related Articles on Island Vulnerability and Resilience from 2010-2011 Le Masson, V. and I. Kelman. 2011. "Disaster risk reduction on non-sovereign islands: La Réunion and Mayotte, France". Natural Hazards, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 251-273. http://www.springerlink.com/content/n593676360215rx7 (not freely available; please contact me). Kelman, I., J. Lewis, J.C. Gaillard, J. Mercer. 2011. "Participatory action research for dealing with disasters on islands". Island Studies Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 59-86. Full text at http://www.islandstudies.ca/node/317 Lewis, J. and I. Kelman. 2010. "Places, people and perpetuity: Community capacities in ecologies of catastrophe". ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 191-220. Full text at http://www.acme-journal.org/vol9/LewisKelman10.pdf Mercer, J. and I. Kelman. 2010. "Living alongside a volcano in Baliau, Papua New Guinea". Disaster Prevention and Management, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 412-422. Full text at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1881340 Mercer, J., I. Kelman, L. Taranis, and S. Suchet-Pearson. 2010. "Framework for Integrating Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction". Disasters, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 214-239. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01126.x/abstract (not freely available; please contact me). -- unknown: Coaching resilience of vulnerable youngsters Aug 03, 2011 08:17:29 Dear members of the resilience dialogue discussion group, The past three years I have been coördinating a project aimed at increasing the resilience of youngsters with emotional and behavioural disorders between 12 and 16 years of age. There is a huge amount of literature that describes the vulnerability of this group for drug abuse, criminal offences etc. Protective and risk factors have also been widely documented. Most models of resilience in my field (orthopedagogics) are linear and imply that we should be adding social skills, self esteem, coping strategies etc to our target group. This works relatively good with groups of moderate intelligence and willingness to conform but this paradigm clearly shows its limit with the most vulnerable groups where this willingness to conform and verbal cognitive abilities are low. Traditional social skills training with these groups tends to backfire in surprising ways. With growing interest I have been following the work of the Stockholm Resilience Centre and I'm very happy to see that more and more attention is dedicated to the social sciences. Although I'm not working directly in the field of ecology I have found that the systemic approach of resilience is very useful in my field of work. The general description of the resilience concept in Prof Holling and Prof. Gunderson's book 'Panarchy' and the Youtube lectures and several articles of Prof. Walker on the subject have proved very useful for me. We've designed a program where youngsters together with their educators and therapists are challenged in a way that requires them to work together in diversity, thrust each other, develop short feedback loops, experiment and most of all to accept and define a common goal. The general idea is to design an environment that provokes resilient properties through self organisation instead of training them. We've found that adventurous challenges are suited for a significant proportion of our population (mostly male and sensation seeking). For the less active we're working on a location based GPS game where the group is challenged by a virtual threat (a group of extremely resilient explosive chickens :-). Together with Prof. of Criminology Freya Vander Laenen we're working on a article about the work we've done the past three years, I'll make sure to forward this to this mailing group. Next to challenging the group we try to coach them in developing their resilient characteristics. For this last part I'm looking for literature, trainings, advice. I have found several commercial organisations on the Internet who offer (very expensive) trainings. Is there anybody in the mailing group who can give me advice on an organisation or training (preferably in Europe) that might help me further in the field of coaching resilience with mixed groups of vulnerable youngsters? Kind regards, Etienne Etienne Janssen CGG Eclips afd. C.A.T. Preventiehuis Lange Violettestraat 84 9000 Gent Belgium +32 9 233 58 58 -- unknown: Re: Island vulnerability and resilience to climate change Aug 02, 2011 09:09:04 Hello Ilan, I'm sorry to just now be responding to this. I have signed on to your facebook page to stay connected. I am curious to know more about the work that you are doing and where you are based out of. My organization, Resilient Futures International, has been working with the island of Aruba on sustainability issues. You can see more information at www.resilient-futures-international.org. Thank you for putting together the information you have- it's definitely important for us all to be sharing our work! Regards, Lisa On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Ilan Kelman <ilan_kelman@hotmail.com>wrote: > I have posted a summary of my publications on Small Island Developing > States' vulnerability and resilience to climate change at > http://www.islandvulnerability.org/docs/islandsclimatechange.pdf (with the > text also below). With deepest apologies for this blatant self-promotion, > but I hope that others will do the same so that I could learn from your own > work and so that we could continue sharing material. > > For those on Facebook, I also have an Island Vulnerability and Resilience > group https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_144753968919662 (must be > logged into Facebook to see it). > > Please let me know of your own island-related resilience initiatives. Thank > you! > > Ilan > > > > > Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Climate Change > > Ilan Kelman: http://www.ilankelman.org/contact.html > > Island Vulnerability and Resilience: http://www.islandvulnerability.org > > Over the past few years, I and colleagues have published several scientific > papers on Small Island Developing States (SIDS; http://www.sidsnet.org) > dealing with climate change, as listed below. > > The publications from the last few years are part of the Many Strong Voices > programme http://www.manystrongvoices.org for climate change action in the > Arctic and SIDS. As part of this programme, I have collected documents from > the 1989 Maldives conference on SIDS and sea-level rise at > http://www.islandvulnerability.org/slr1989.html > > With thanks to everyone working on these topics and I would be delighted to > receive the work of others so that I could learn from it. > > > > SIDS and Climate Change (freely available online) > > CICERO and UNEP/GRID-Arendal. 2008. Many Strong Voices: Outline for an > assessment project design. CICERO Report 2008:05. CICERO (Center for > International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo), Oslo, Norway. Full > text at http://www.cicero.uio.no/media/6359.pdf > > Kelman, I. 2006. "Island Security and Disaster Diplomacy in the Context of > Climate Change". Les Cahiers de la Sécurité, vol. 63, pp. 61-94. Full text > (English and French) at > http://www.disasterdiplomacy.org/publications.html#kelman2006b > > Kelman, I. 2008. "Island Evacuation". Forced Migration Review, issue 31 > (October 2008), pp. 20-21. Full text (English, Spanish, French, and Arabic) > at http://www.fmreview.org/climatechange.htm > > Kelman, I. 2010. "Review of Jon Barnett & John Campbell (2010) Climate > Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific". > Island Studies Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 261-263. Full text at > http://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/islandstudies.ca/files/ISJ-5-2-2010-BOOKREVIEWS.pdf > > Kelman, I., J. Mercer, and J. West. 2009. "Combining different knowledges: > community-based climate change adaptation in small island developing > states". Participatory Learning and Action Notes, no. 60, pp. 41-53. Full > text (English and Arabic) at http://pubs.iied.org/G02812.html > > Kelman, I. and J. West. 2009. "Climate Change and Small Island Developing > States: A Critical Review". Ecological and Environmental Anthropology, vol. > 5, no. 1, pp. 1-16. Full text at > http://eea.anthro.uga.edu/index.php/eea/article/viewArticle/69 > > Le Masson, V. and I. Kelman. 2011. "Entendre les préoccupations des > populations des petits États insulaires en développement dans l'adaptation > au changement climatique". VertigO, vol. 10, no. 3, online. Full text > (French only) at http://vertigo.revues.org/10572 > > > > SIDS and Climate Change (not freely available online; please contact me) > > Crump, J. and I. Kelman. 2009. "Many Strong Voices from Arctic and Island > Peoples". Pp. 284-295 in UNESCO (ed.), Climate Change and Arctic Sustainable > Development, UNESCO, Paris, France (English and French). > http://publishing.unesco.org/details.aspx?Code_Livre=4722 > > Karlsson, M. and I. Kelman. 2010. "Island Challenges: Participatory > Processes for Dealing with Climate Change". LiNQ, vol. 37, pp. 104-116. > http://www.linq.org.au > > Kelman, I. 2010. "Hearing local voices from Small Island Developing States > for climate change". Local Environment, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 605-619. > > http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a926079917~db=all~jumptype=rss > > Kelman, I. 2011. "Dealing with Climate Change on Small Island Developing > States". Practicing Anthropology, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 28-32. > http://sfaa.metapress.com/link.asp?id=y716x2w644163050 > > Kelman, I. and J.C. Gaillard. 2009. "Challenges and Opportunities of > Disaster-Related Public Anthropology". Asian Journal of Environment and > Disaster Management, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 119-139. > > http://www.researchpubonline.com/journals/101-ajedm/2009/0102/S1793924009000194.xml > > > > Related Articles on Island Vulnerability and Resilience from 2010-2011 > > Le Masson, V. and I. Kelman. 2011. "Disaster risk reduction on > non-sovereign islands: La Réunion and Mayotte, France". Natural Hazards, > vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 251-273. > http://www.springerlink.com/content/n593676360215rx7 (not freely > available; please contact me). > > Kelman, I., J. Lewis, J.C. Gaillard, J. Mercer. 2011. "Participatory action > research for dealing with disasters on islands". Island Studies Journal, > vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 59-86. Full text at > http://www.islandstudies.ca/node/317 > > Lewis, J. and I. Kelman. 2010. "Places, people and perpetuity: Community > capacities in ecologies of catastrophe". ACME: An International E-Journal > for Critical Geographies, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 191-220. Full text at > http://www.acme-journal.org/vol9/LewisKelman10.pdf > > Mercer, J. and I. Kelman. 2010. "Living alongside a volcano in Baliau, > Papua New Guinea". Disaster Prevention and Management, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. > 412-422. Full text at > http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1881340 > > Mercer, J., I. Kelman, L. Taranis, and S. Suchet-Pearson. 2010. "Framework > for Integrating Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge for Disaster Risk > Reduction". Disasters, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 214-239. > > http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01126.x/abstract > (not freely available; please contact me). > -- unknown: Island vulnerability and resilience to climate change Jun 10, 2011 00:35:58 I have posted a summary of my publications on Small Island Developing States' vulnerability and resilience to climate change at http://www.islandvulnerability.org/docs/islandsclimatechange.pdf (with the text also below). With deepest apologies for this blatant self-promotion, but I hope that others will do the same so that I could learn from your own work and so that we could continue sharing material. For those on Facebook, I also have an Island Vulnerability and Resilience group https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_144753968919662 (must be logged into Facebook to see it). Please let me know of your own island-related resilience initiatives. Thank you! Ilan Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Climate Change Ilan Kelman: http://www.ilankelman.org/contact.html Island Vulnerability and Resilience: http://www.islandvulnerability.org Over the past few years, I and colleagues have published several scientific papers on Small Island Developing States (SIDS; http://www.sidsnet.org) dealing with climate change, as listed below. The publications from the last few years are part of the Many Strong Voices programme http://www.manystrongvoices.org for climate change action in the Arctic and SIDS. As part of this programme, I have collected documents from the 1989 Maldives conference on SIDS and sea-level rise at http://www.islandvulnerability.org/slr1989.html With thanks to everyone working on these topics and I would be delighted to receive the work of others so that I could learn from it. SIDS and Climate Change (freely available online) CICERO and UNEP/GRID-Arendal. 2008. Many Strong Voices: Outline for an assessment project design. CICERO Report 2008:05. CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo), Oslo, Norway. Full text at http://www.cicero.uio.no/media/6359.pdf Kelman, I. 2006. "Island Security and Disaster Diplomacy in the Context of Climate Change". Les Cahiers de la Sécurité, vol. 63, pp. 61-94. Full text (English and French) at http://www.disasterdiplomacy.org/publications.html#kelman2006b Kelman, I. 2008. "Island Evacuation". Forced Migration Review, issue 31 (October 2008), pp. 20-21. Full text (English, Spanish, French, and Arabic) at http://www.fmreview.org/climatechange.htm Kelman, I. 2010. "Review of Jon Barnett & John Campbell (2010) Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific". Island Studies Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 261-263. Full text at http://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/islandstudies.ca/files/ISJ-5-2-2010-BOOKREVIEWS.pdf Kelman, I., J. Mercer, and J. West. 2009. "Combining different knowledges: community-based climate change adaptation in small island developing states". Participatory Learning and Action Notes, no. 60, pp. 41-53. Full text (English and Arabic) at http://pubs.iied.org/G02812.html Kelman, I. and J. West. 2009. "Climate Change and Small Island Developing States: A Critical Review". Ecological and Environmental Anthropology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-16. Full text at http://eea.anthro.uga.edu/index.php/eea/article/viewArticle/69 Le Masson, V. and I. Kelman. 2011. "Entendre les préoccupations des populations des petits États insulaires en développement dans l'adaptation au changement climatique". VertigO, vol. 10, no. 3, online. Full text (French only) at http://vertigo.revues.org/10572 SIDS and Climate Change (not freely available online; please contact me) Crump, J. and I. Kelman. 2009. "Many Strong Voices from Arctic and Island Peoples". Pp. 284-295 in UNESCO (ed.), Climate Change and Arctic Sustainable Development, UNESCO, Paris, France (English and French). http://publishing.unesco.org/details.aspx?Code_Livre=4722 Karlsson, M. and I. Kelman. 2010. "Island Challenges: Participatory Processes for Dealing with Climate Change". LiNQ, vol. 37, pp. 104-116. http://www.linq.org.au Kelman, I. 2010. "Hearing local voices from Small Island Developing States for climate change". Local Environment, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 605-619. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a926079917~db=all~jumptype=rss Kelman, I. 2011. "Dealing with Climate Change on Small Island Developing States". Practicing Anthropology, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 28-32. http://sfaa.metapress.com/link.asp?id=y716x2w644163050 Kelman, I. and J.C. Gaillard. 2009. "Challenges and Opportunities of Disaster-Related Public Anthropology". Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 119-139. http://www.researchpubonline.com/journals/101-ajedm/2009/0102/S1793924009000194.xml Related Articles on Island Vulnerability and Resilience from 2010-2011 Le Masson, V. and I. Kelman. 2011. "Disaster risk reduction on non-sovereign islands: La Réunion and Mayotte, France". Natural Hazards, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 251-273. http://www.springerlink.com/content/n593676360215rx7 (not freely available; please contact me). Kelman, I., J. Lewis, J.C. Gaillard, J. Mercer. 2011. "Participatory action research for dealing with disasters on islands". Island Studies Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 59-86. Full text at http://www.islandstudies.ca/node/317 Lewis, J. and I. Kelman. 2010. "Places, people and perpetuity: Community capacities in ecologies of catastrophe". ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 191-220. Full text at http://www.acme-journal.org/vol9/LewisKelman10.pdf Mercer, J. and I. Kelman. 2010. "Living alongside a volcano in Baliau, Papua New Guinea". Disaster Prevention and Management, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 412-422. Full text at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1881340 Mercer, J., I. Kelman, L. Taranis, and S. Suchet-Pearson. 2010. "Framework for Integrating Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction". Disasters, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 214-239. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01126.x/abstract (not freely available; please contact me). unknown: New Journal on Resilience Jun 08, 2011 01:49:17 A new journal has been launched called "Resilience: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Science and Humanitarianism". It appears to be electronic only, open access, and aimed at students publishing. From the website http://fletcher.tufts.edu/resilience Aim This journal aims to provide emerging interdisciplinary researchers, innovative thinkers, and inter-sectoral practitioners engaged in collaborative projects to understand, build, promote, and maintain resilience of individuals, families, communities, institutions and the natural environment, the ecosystem, a forum for disseminating their work. Scope This journal will consider for publication student research in the form of reviews of the literature aimed at generating hypothesis; testing theory; formulating questions for proposed and/or ongoing research; manuscripts originating from term papers, research internships; as well as faculty working papers, short reports, and commentaries on a broad range of topics that are pertinent to resilience science and policy, including but not limited to disaster mitigation and response with particular reference to international humanitarian and public health practice. This journal is published in electronic format only. -- unknown: Job announcement: Project Leader, Ph.D./Post-Doc Jan 18, 2011 09:46:12 Note: Swedish language skills required. PROJEKTLEDARE för vatten-, avlopps- och energifrÃ¥gor pÃ¥ finska öar 2. DOKTORAND/POST-DOC som forskar i ekosystemtjänster pÃ¥ öar Befattningarna gäller för tiden 1.3.2011-31.12.2013 inom Interreg IV projektet Green Islands. Placeringsort: Raseborg Finland För mera information se bilaga. Kort beskrivning av projektet hittas pÃ¥ www.novia.fi/greenislands Traci Birge Coastal Zone Research Team ARONIA Research Institute at Ã…bo Akademi University and Novia University of Applied Sciences Raseborgsvägen 9 10600 Ekenäs Office: +358 19 224 8407 mobile: +358 50 353 48 73 Make a small loan that makes a big difference! Check out Kiva.org to find out how! -- unknown: RE: Resilient Cities 2011 Jan 13, 2011 09:53:35 Dear Elise (and list), I am not involved in the conference in any way, so I am sorry that I cannot assist with your query. Please contact them directly http://resilient-cities.iclei.org/bonn2011/contact-us/ and let us know the answer that they provide. With thanks and best wishes, Ilan http://www.ilankelman.org http://www.riskred.org To: ilan_kelman@hotmail.com Subject: Re: Resilient Cities 2011 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:40:03 -0330 From: eliseharris2@gmail.com Hi Ilan This sounds like a great conference. Are there any scholarships available for volunteers at NGOs who are doing exciting work on urban agriculture? Tickets to Germany are a little pricey. Kind Regards Elise -- unknown: Re: Resilient Cities 2011 Jan 13, 2011 09:46:41 Hi Ilan This sounds like a great conference. Are there any scholarships available for volunteers at NGOs who are doing exciting work on urban agriculture? Tickets to Germany are a little pricey. Kind Regards Elise -- Elise Harris, BPlan(Hons) MPIA(Grad) Urban Planning Consultant Ph: 202-320-7490 Skype: eliseharris2 Blog <http://eliseharris2.blogspot.com/> Google profile <http://www.google.com/profiles/Eliseharris2> *LinkedIn* <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/elise-harris/15/8b1/346> Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=632981459> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Ilan Kelman <ilan_kelman@hotmail.com>wrote: > Resilient Cities 2011 > http://resilient-cities.iclei.org/bonn2011 > > 2nd world congress on cities and adaptation to climate change > > 3-5 June 2011, Bonn / Germany > > ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the World Mayors Council on > Climate Change and the City of Bonn are hosting the Resilient Cities 2011 > congress on 3-5 June 2011 in Bonn, Germany. > > UN-HABITAT, UNISDR, UNEP, DKKV and IIED are endorsing partners to the 2011 > congress. > > Call for contributions > > We have received many proposals for presentations, panels, workshops, > posters and co-events over the past few weeks. Do you have a contribution to > make as well? Tell us about your research, projects, experience, solutions > and ideas. > > Get involved! Submit your proposal for a contribution until 18 January. > > Resilient Cities 2011 - congress themes > > -Urban risk assessment: Methods and tools > > -Socio-economic dimensions of climate change adaptation > > -Institutional dimensions of climate changes adaptation > > -Strategy, policy integration and mainstreaming > > -Urban adaptation planning and practice: Experiences and solutions > > -Costs and financing of urban climate change adaptation > > -Applied technologies for adaptation of settlements and infrastructure > -- unknown: Resilient Cities 2011 Jan 13, 2011 08:00:23 Resilient Cities 2011 http://resilient-cities.iclei.org/bonn2011 2nd world congress on cities and adaptation to climate change 3-5 June 2011, Bonn / Germany ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the World Mayors Council on Climate Change and the City of Bonn are hosting the Resilient Cities 2011 congress on 3-5 June 2011 in Bonn, Germany. UN-HABITAT, UNISDR, UNEP, DKKV and IIED are endorsing partners to the 2011 congress. Call for contributions We have received many proposals for presentations, panels, workshops, posters and co-events over the past few weeks. Do you have a contribution to make as well? Tell us about your research, projects, experience, solutions and ideas. Get involved! Submit your proposal for a contribution until 18 January. Resilient Cities 2011 - congress themes -Urban risk assessment: Methods and tools -Socio-economic dimensions of climate change adaptation -Institutional dimensions of climate changes adaptation -Strategy, policy integration and mainstreaming -Urban adaptation planning and practice: Experiences and solutions -Costs and financing of urban climate change adaptation -Applied technologies for adaptation of settlements and infrastructure -- unknown: Characteristics of a Disaster-Resilient Community: 2nd edition Oct 21, 2010 14:13:53 "Characteristics of a Disaster-Resilient Community", 2nd edition, has been published and can be downloaded from http://www.abuhrc.org/about-us/projects/Pages/view.aspx?project=13 French and Spanish translations are being prepared and will be available shortly. Feedback to John Twigg j.twigg@ucl.ac.uk -- unknown: "Making Cities Resilient" campaign Sep 29, 2010 07:23:05 To mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction on 13 October, the UNISDR secretariat http://www.unisdr.org is calling on its partners to play a more active role to protect cities against disasters. As part of its “Making Cities Resilient: My City is getting ready!” campaign, UNISDR will encourage more mayors and local governments to join the 100 cities that have already signed up to the global campaign. Many cities have been disrupted this year by disasters: earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and New Zealand; floods and heavy rainfalls in Pakistan, Eastern Europe, Mozambique and other parts of Africa; forest fires in Russia; and volcanic eruptions in Indonesia and Iceland. All have caused huge human suffering and economic damage. Cities have never been so at risk. More action is needed to anticipate the negative impacts of such disasters; no city is immune. Is your city GETTING ready? What are you doing to make cities more resilient and protect citizens? We encourage all partners, National Platforms for Disaster Reduction and cities to use the International Day for Disaster Reduction to raise awareness on how to build resilience to disasters, to publicize the "ten essentials" and how YOUR community, town, city or province is advancing in getting ready. Please send your plans for the International Day for Disaster Reduction to isdr-campaign@un.org. UNISDR will post your plans and experience reports on the website. Ideas for the International Day for Disaster Reduction: - Organize radio programs, press briefing or public debates on how your community/municipality/city is getting ready: Read the UN Secretary-Generals message and add a message from your Mayor or other personalities on what is being done in your community; - Organize a disaster drill or exercise preparedness plans in your community/ school/ municipality/ city - Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies might want to launch the 2010 World Disaster Report on Urban Risk in their communities that day and discuss what can be done in partnership with others - Launch the call for nominations for good practice and candidates for the UN-Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction, which will feature achievements in making cities resilient. The Award will be delivered in May 2011 at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva - Showcase to the public ("open day" or round tables) any visible activity or project undertaken by participants in the campaign (see www.unisdr.org/campaign - Section “How to get engaged in the campaign”) - Promote the One Million Save Schools and Hospitals Pledging Initiative and encourage pledges. (The initiative calls for pledging of specific schools and hospitals to be safe, sign-up for individuals or groups to become advocates or champions, collects good practice and provides guidance documentation prepared by partners and /or UNISDR.) www.safe-schools-hospitals.net The attachment includes the ideas for the International Day for Disaster Reduction (see above) and a list of events UNISDR is directly involved. UNISDR campaign team -- unknown: Resilient Cities at "Future of Cities", 5-7 October 2010, Korea Sep 23, 2010 07:42:15 Future of Cities congress on 5-7 October 2010 in Incheon, Korea. The congress is organized by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability. The focus will be on four key themes that cities of the future need to address: -Eco-efficiency: More with less. -Resilience: Stability through flexibility. -Green economy: Prosperity through change. -Happiness: Well-being as wealth. Parallel Session A2 Resilience, 06 October 2010, 09:00-10:30: A special session on resilient cities will be chaired by UNISDR including a discussion on indicators for disaster risk reduction at local level that built on the "ten essential actions of making cities resilient". See and register at http://incheon2010.iclei.org -- unknown: Disasters and resilience Apr 21, 2010 08:21:23 Hi all: This is my first email to the group, I am PhD student at the University of Melbourne in Australia, I am in a student commission here to do my PhD, when I finish my PhD I will go back to my work which is Professor at the University of Chile. My research area is Disaster Risk Management (DRM), in which I have been working with stakeholders and community in my country (to see more details of my work you can visit http://cienciasamb.agro.uchile.cl/Paulina%20Aldunce.html ) My PhD research is "Adjusting Disaster Risk Management to Climate Change Challenges". This research will explore, through a case study of the Natural Disaster Resilience Program in Queensland, how different stakeholders are attempting to develop and deliver adequate disaster risk management in the light of climate change. I will explore the understanding and construction of different stakeholders with regard to disaster risk management, building resilience, and the meaning and context of uncertainty related to climate change. Recently, attempts have been made by different decision makers to incorporate climate change in disaster risk management at the national and sub national levels; as well as to explicitly incorporate disaster resilience programs for improving disaster risk management. Nonetheless, there has been little empirical work to investigate the new ideas emerging from the field to incorporate Resilience Thinking in policies and programs. I want to know if some of you is working in understanding how stakeholders are trying to explicitly incorporate Resilience Thinking in policies or programs, here in Australia for example they stated to use the word resilience in the title and aims of some policies, or if you could recommend me some papers. Also I want to know if some of you is working in analyzing how to adjust DRM programs or policies for climate change and which are the elements that need to be considered in a DRM program or policy for incorporate climate change. Cheers, Paulina Aldunce -- unknown: Urban Resilience Apr 20, 2010 09:29:49 [Forwarded from another email list.] The publication "Local Governments and Disaster Risk Reduction: Good practices and lessons learned" has finally been published and is now available for download on PreventionWeb: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=13627 The good practices in this publication have consistent common elements that make them successful and sustainable. They show how building the capacity of local institutions is key to sustaining disaster risk reduction, and demonstrate the immediate impact of local and national political commitments that institutionalise disaster risk reduction. Collaboration between local and national governments, civil society organizations and international agencies is another notable strength of the initiatives showcased in this publication. The publication has been produced by the former “Local Government Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction”, in collaboration with the UNDP Special Unit for South-South Cooperation, the International Training Centre of the ILO and UNISDR. It is also seen as a contribution to the forthcoming 2010-11 World Disaster Reduction Campaign “Making Cities Resilient”. I would like to take this opportunity to thank those of you who have contributed a case study to this publication. Our hope is that these good practices will generate increased interest in the subject among local governments, community leaders, implementing agencies, policy makers and other stakeholders. And that they will inspire local governments and their partners to reduce disaster risks for the most vulnerable people in their local areas, by following and replicating these concrete examples. Best regards, Michele -- Michele Cocchiglia (Mr.) Programme Officer United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR) Chemin de Balexert 7-9, CH-1219 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)22 917 8840 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 8983 http://www.unisdr.org _________________________________________________________________ Live connected. Get Hotmail & Messenger on your phone. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9724462 -- unknown: Australian Study Tour to Venezuela: Food Sovereignty, Social Movements and Social Change Apr 06, 2010 08:23:05 Dear Resilience Alliance email list subscribers, I thought you might be interested to learn more about a study tour I'm organizing to Venezuela about food sovereignty and social change. (I'm a PhD student in sustainable food systems/ cities.) I travelled to Venezuela last year to participate in a delegation about Venezuela's food sovereignty movement. From this amazing experience, I met William Camacaro, the leader of the delegation, who has since offered to co-host a similar study tour to Venezuela with me specifically for Australians for this July. This tour will examine issues of land reform, urbanization issues, rural development, and food sovereignty within a dynamic political context. Venezuela is an outstanding example of a country that strives to ensure its citizens' right to food while bolstering its domestic agriculture sector, with an emphasis on organic practices and agroecology. We will also explore other areas of social transformation, including education, healthcare, and direct citizen participation in the political process. Activities will include visits to social programs, farms, community sites, and media outlets (with opportunities for radio and TV appearances); meetings with farmers, community leaders, and government officials; and trips to beaches, parks, and other sites of interest. The study tour is organised by myself (from Australia), a researcher in sustainable food systems, and William Camacaro (from Venezuela), co-founder of the Bolivarian Circle and a leader in the Venezuelan solidarity movement who has conducted many previous study tours to Venezuela. I realize that this is a bit late notice for people to attend this year (the registration closes Friday 30 April if people can make it!), but if you are already planning on travelling to Latin America or are interested in possibly attending next year, it'd be great if you could get in touch. I have attached the registration form for the tour. Please feel free to forward this onto others who may be interested in attending or who might be interested in finding out more information about the tour. Best, Ferne Ferne Edwards Research Officer Australian National University Phone: 0405 537 015 -- unknown: Making Cities Resilient Campaign - Get involved! Mar 19, 2010 07:19:01 There is loads happening regarding resilience of urban areas--see the message below. Hopefully the people on this list working on urban resilience could get involved and contribute. With best wishes, Ilan > Following consultations with communication experts, partners and the recommendations in the Incheon Declaration (August 2009) the slogan for the World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2010-2011 is “Making Cities Resilient – My city is getting ready!”. The overall campaign goal is to achieve resilient, sustainable urban communities, with a growing number of local governments that are taking actions to reduce the risks to disasters. > > The campaign is aimed at strengthening and supporting local governments, community groups and leaders, Mayors and technical staff involved in urban development planning and disaster risk management, including national authorities responsible for local and urban development and disaster risk reduction. > > The Making Cities Resilient campaign is coordinated by UNISDR but can only be successful if owned and driven by its local, regional and international partners and participating cities/local governments. Consult the preliminary campaign website for more information on the Campaign Strategy, including suggestions for how different stakeholder groups can get involved. > > Attached find the nomination guidance note on how cities and local governments can get involved in the campaign. We would be grateful if you share these guidelines with relevant cities and let us know if you want us to contact a specific Mayor, Governor or local government leader who has expressed interest and commitment to the ten-point checklist of essentials for making cities resilient. > > You can nominate a city to be a “Role model city” of the campaign. Please send your suggestions in the form enclosed in the guidance note to isdr-campaign@un.org. > > Some of you provided suggestions for cities and activities through the on-line survey we had posted on our website until January 2010. We are following up on these suggestions. > > This list-serve will initially be used to share updates with you on a regular basis on the latest campaign related events and important developments. In the future it will also be an interactive list linked to a workspace for partners in the campaign. > > The campaign website www.unisdr.org/campaign is a preliminary website for the campaign, and it will gradually be improved as a partnership site for Making Cities Resilient, with provision for city profiles, upload functions for stories and good practice, media products and press releases, tools and standards, as well as guidelines and results from events, workshops and programmes and links to partners in support of Making Cities Resilient. > > Is your city ready? Sign up to the ten-point checklist for making cities resilient! > > We look forward to working with you to jointly achieve the campaign goals. > > Best regards, > > Helena Molin Valdés > On behalf of the UNISDR Making Cities Resilient task team > www.unisdr.org/campaign > isdr-campaign@un.org _________________________________________________________________ Live connected with Messenger on your phone http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712958 -- unknown: Resilient Cities 2010: Urban Resiliency and Adaptation to ClimateChange Mar 10, 2010 20:28:19 ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability and the City of Bonn are pleased to announce the congress “Resilient Cities 2010”, the first annual global Forum on Urban Resiliency and Adaptation to Climate Change for all the actors involved in the field of adaptation. The Resilient Cities 2010 Congress will be held from 28 to 30 May 2010 in Bonn, Germany, between the Carbon Expo in Cologne (26-28 May 2010) and the UN Climate Talks in Bonn (31 May - 11 June 2010). The event will enhance exchange, learning, networking, debate and policy development on approaches and solutions to climate change adaptation for cities and local governments. It also aims at setting the direction for future planning of and investment in urban infrastructure. This Annual Forum will gather actors with different backgrounds – not only local governments, international organizations, development banks and NGOs but also researchers, university professors, urban planners, consultants, private finance institutions and private sector companies – with the aim to jointly discuss and identify solutions and impulses for innovation in the field of adaptation. The issue of adaptation will be tackled from different angles, from a strategy and planning perspective to a more practical costs and technology assessment. Visit resilient-cities.iclei.org/bonn2010/program/congress-themes for a more in-depth look into the programme. Click here to download the Congress February Update and find the latest information about this event. Online-registration is now open: www.iclei.org/bonn2010/registration. Register as soon as possible to take advantage of the practical accommodation at the venue. We look forward to seeing you in Bonn! The Resilient Cities 2010 Congress team Congress Secretariat ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 7 53113 Bonn Germany Tel: +49–(0)228 / 976 299-28 Fax: +49-(0)228 / 976 299-01 For more information visit resilient-cities.iclei.org or contact the Congress Secretariat at bonn2010@iclei.org. _________________________________________________________________ IM on the go with Messenger on your phone http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712960 -- unknown: RE: Posting to prd: confirmation required Mar 08, 2010 07:28:02 Dear all, Thank you once again for all your kind emails. I will wrap up all your comments, suggestions for my literature review chapter. I recently attended a workshop at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, on 'complexity and its implication on urban planning'-the resilient cities--I must say, from what were presented during the workshop, there are still some knowledge gaps on bring theory and practice together--in doing so, we need to use lots and lots of translation. another major remark from the workshop--seems the augumentation of risks with resilience measures is of research interest--any one can recommend further reading in this field? What do you think about a combined approach of risk+resilience while dealing with non-linear issues? Anyone heard about 'borderless pheonomenon' of risks? Keep in touch!! Cheers, Nan Chen Nan PhD. Candidate Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales Sydney NSW, 2052 AUSTRALIA Climate Adaptation Flagship (CAF), CSIRO Mobile: +61 (0) 427836117 ________________________________________ From: prd@resalliance.org [prd@resalliance.org] Sent: Saturday, 20 February 2010 3:20 PM To: Chen, Nan (CSE, Highett) Subject: Posting to prd: confirmation required Dear nan.chen; Please confirm your posting to 'prd@resalliance.org', by clicking the 'Reply' button to respond to this message. Ensure that the 'To' address is: prd-c15-m=091f8873d917acb5b6a9144a5c263c00@resalliance.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If this is not a valid posting, please delete it by sending an email to: prd-d15-m=091f8873d917acb5b6a9144a5c263c00@resalliance.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The text content of the message follows: Dear all, Thank you indeed for all your kind input! I will check all the references you recommended! I am on my way to a workshop hosted by the Stockholm Resilience Center on 'Resilient Cities'--26th-27th Feb, 2010. There will be lots of experts who are dealing with resilience and its implications on the built environment/urban planning attending and presenting at the workshop. I will keep some notes on site and share with you all when I am back! (I will be presenting as well-feeling humbled and excited!) Thank you once again, what a fantastic learning experience! Cheers, Nan Chen Nan PhD. Candidate Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales Sydney NSW, 2052 AUSTRALIA Climate Change Flagship, CSIRO ________________________________ From: jaime ewalt [kalipyles@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, 20 February 2010 2:11 AM To: Chen, Nan (CSE, Highett) Subject: Re: Risk and Resilience/ Resilience and the built environment Chen, I am currently studying the two approaches to policy regarding climate change and other uncertain hazards/ risks: focusing on traditional risk assessment approaches in the hazards geography and sociology literature and contrasting it to complex adaptive cycles (panarchical fore- and backloop transitions) and the policies associated with those transitions. My dissertation focus will be on megapolitan socio-ecological systems and responses to uncertainty/ risk such as climate change. It sounds like our research is very similar and I look forward to having future dialogues with you as we progress. (I work full time for state government in environmental protection, so I conduct research part time...so your progression will surely be faster than mine. Still, I hope that we can share ideas and debate topics and concepts.) To try to address some of your questions: 1) are there examples/case studies showing the limits of the Risk (management?) approach in dealing with complex, dynamic, non-linear issues? I have not come across any case studies our testing the resilience parameters and theories with the traditional cost-benefit analysis risk assessment approach, but have been looking. Specifically, I have been looking at the metrics to actually test the effectiveness of each approach/ 2) are you aware of any argument on Risk VS. Resilience? or combinition of Risk & Resilience (in general or related to urban policy, especially urban environment or climate change policy)? As I said, this is something I have been researching, so, yes, there is an obvious overlap and need to directly compare, but I have not yet found any researchers working on the comparison/ combination. (Please let me know if you come across individuals or studies!) 3) I am aware of the RA workbook as an assessment tool, however, what will be the reliability and validity of using such tool to analyse current building regulations and codes? Can't answer this question, but I think that the use of the workbook(s) is more for surveying and consulting work. 4) has anyone heard of a definition for resilient Built Environment' besides that of Bosher and Coaffee's? or the definitions of Resilience in built environments? There is much literature out there about urban resilience which can be extrapolated. 5) is there anyone doing the implication of Resilience on urban planning/ built environment? what literature you'd recommend? These are references from Ilan Kelman: Transitional settlement and shelter leading to resilience http://www.sheltercentre.org<UrlBlockedError.aspx> Special issue of "Building Research and Information" http://www.ilankelman.org/bri2004.html<UrlBlockedError.aspx> International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?PHPSESSID=hvh30b5q8ub4dlpbpfc3ji6u44&id=ijdrbe<UrlBlockedError.aspx> Hazards and the built environment: attaining built-in resilience http://books.google.com/books?id=rXJvok1GxVsC<UrlBlockedError.aspx> Center for Resilient Cities http://sub.resilientcities.org/content Resilient Cities http://www.ruaf.org/taxonomy/term/95<UrlBlockedError.aspx> Special issue of "Urban Design and Planning" http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/issue/udap/161/4;jsessionid=274zyhh44x9g.z-telford-01 Shanghai Principles https://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/downloads/THESHANGHAIPRINCIPLES.doc<UrlBlockedError.aspx> Millennium Towns and Cities Campaign http://www.cities-localgovernments.org/uclg/index.asp?pag=template.asp&L=,&ID=208 Resilient Cities Campaign http://www.unisdr.org/news/v.php?id=12031 Hope this helps. Keep in touch! Jaime Ewalt PhD Candidate Environmental Science & Policy New Jersey Institute of Technology "The aim of life is to live and to live means to be aware. Joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware." Henry Miller ________________________________ From: "Nan.Chen@csiro.au" <Nan.Chen@csiro.au> To: Resilience Dialog <kalipyles@yahoo.com> Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 10:07:54 PM Subject: Risk and Resilience/ Resilience and the built environment Dear all, My name is Chen Nan. PhD. student at UNSW, Australia. I have just started my PhD, research for half year--still in the early stage, therefore lookingforward to your suggestions on my research topic. My current research project is to use a combined Risk and Resilience approach to look at the vulnerable costal settlement in Australia. I argue that current vulnerability assessment for the built environment are based on a risk approach, while focus on probabilities and worse case scenarios, risk approaches have limits to understand dynamic, complex and uncertain situations. Climate change impacts are highly dynamic, complex and uncertain. System ecology has methods to deal with such situations, e.g. the concept of resilience will assist in understanding the complex issues where the built environment is part of it. However, there are some questions that I'd like to raise and look forward to your kind feedbacks: 1) are there examples/case studies showing the limits of the Risk (management?) approach in dealing with complex, dynamic, non-linear issues? 2) are you aware of any argument on Risk VS. Resilience? or combinition of Risk & Resilience (in general or related to urban policy, especially urban environment or climate change policy)? 3) I am aware of the RA workbook as an assessment tool, however, what will be the reliability and validity of using such tool to analyse current building regulations and codes? 4) has anyone heard of a definition for resilient Built Environment' besides that of Bosher and Coaffee's? or the definitions of Resilience in built environments? 5) is there anyone doing the implication of Resilience on urban planning/ built environment? what literature you'd recommend? Thank you all!! Cheers, Nan Chen Nan PhD. Candidate Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales Sydney NSW, 2052 AUSTRALIA Climate Change Flagship, CSIRO Mobile: +61 (0) 427836117 +61 (0) 427836117 unknown: Re: Individual & Climate Resilience Articles Mar 04, 2010 09:31:30 Hi Ilan and others,, Thank you for this email. I am currently doing my PhD at Macquarie University. I am also examining DRR and CCA linkage (institutions and policy) in Indonesia. I will develop this further as part of my frameworks to create resilience at local government level. Are there any of you doing similar topic, but in different geographical area ? Regards Riyanti Ilan Kelman wrote: > List members might be interested in two recent resilience-related > items in which I was involved: > > 1. Being ready (individual resilience) > > New York Times blog on Being Ready, in Quake Zones or Snow Zones > http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/being-ready-in-quake-zones-or-snow-zones/ > > 2. Climate, disasters, and international development (community and > country resilience to climate-related disasters) > > "Climate, disasters and international development" is the theme of a > "Policy Arena" in the "Journal of International Development" issue > just published (vol. 22, no. 2, March 2010). See > http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/5102/home > > The most relevant articles for this list are: > > Vulnerability, capacity and resilience: Perspectives for climate and > development policy (pp 218-232) > J.C. Gaillard, DOI: 10.1002/jid.1675 > > Disaster risk reduction or climate change adaptation: Are we > reinventing the wheel? (pp 247-264) > Jessica Mercer, DOI: 10.1002/jid.1677 > > Other articles are: > > Introduction to climate, disasters and international development (pp > 208-217) > Ilan Kelman, DOI: 10.1002/jid.1674 > > Rethinking climate refugees and climate conflict: Rhetoric, reality > and the politics of policy discourse (pp 233-246) > Betsy Hartmann, DOI: 10.1002/jid.1676 > > Reducing the climate vulnerability of coastal communities in Samoa (pp > 265-281) > Michele Daly, Namouta Poutasi, Filomena Nelson, Jude Kohlhase, DOI: > 10.1002/jid.1678 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Take your contacts everywhere. Try Messenger for mobile > <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712958> unknown: Individual & Climate Resilience Articles Mar 03, 2010 13:09:04 List members might be interested in two recent resilience-related items in which I was involved: 1. Being ready (individual resilience) New York Times blog on Being Ready, in Quake Zones or Snow Zones http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/being-ready-in-quake-zones-or-snow-zones/ 2. Climate, disasters, and international development (community and country resilience to climate-related disasters) "Climate, disasters and international development" is the theme of a "Policy Arena" in the "Journal of International Development" issue just published (vol. 22, no. 2, March 2010). See http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/5102/home The most relevant articles for this list are: Vulnerability, capacity and resilience: Perspectives for climate and development policy (pp 218-232) J.C. Gaillard, DOI: 10.1002/jid.1675 Disaster risk reduction or climate change adaptation: Are we reinventing the wheel? (pp 247-264) Jessica Mercer, DOI: 10.1002/jid.1677 Other articles are: Introduction to climate, disasters and international development (pp 208-217) Ilan Kelman, DOI: 10.1002/jid.1674 Rethinking climate refugees and climate conflict: Rhetoric, reality and the politics of policy discourse (pp 233-246) Betsy Hartmann, DOI: 10.1002/jid.1676 Reducing the climate vulnerability of coastal communities in Samoa (pp 265-281) Michele Daly, Namouta Poutasi, Filomena Nelson, Jude Kohlhase, DOI: 10.1002/jid.1678 _________________________________________________________________ Live connected with Messenger on your phone http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712958 -- unknown: Building Resilience Workshop Mar 02, 2010 02:17:05 I just came across the following resilience workshop that was held last week, which might be of interest to list members: --------- http://www.resilienceworkshop.org Building Resilience Workshop - 25-27 February 2010 - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA The challenge of living with water is one shared by cities and communities around the world. Nowhere is this more true than in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region, where people live with a daily awareness of the threat, and opportunity, of water. Please join us at the Building Resilience Workshop, to be held February 25-27, 2010, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to explore innovative, sustainable ways of increasing community resilience in the face of global climate change. --------- It looks as if the proceedings would have useful input into the requests for information on urban resilience, sent to this list recently. Ilan _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712959 -- unknown: RE: resilience of urban services to CC Re: Risk andResilience/Resilience and the built environment Feb 23, 2010 05:14:17 Gracias! Nan ________________________________________ From: M. De-Olazabal [md469@hermes.cam.ac.uk] On Behalf Of M. De-Olazabal [md469@cam.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, 22 February 2010 7:21 PM To: Chen, Nan (CSE, Highett) Subject: RE: resilience of urban services to CC Re: Risk and Resilience/Resilience and the built environment Great! see you on Friday then! Regards, Marta On Feb 20 2010, Nan.Chen@csiro.au wrote: >Hi, Marta, > > Thank you indeed for all the detailed information!! I will be able to say > Thank You in person! _ I realized that you will also attend the workshop > at Stockholm Resilience Centre 26th-27th! Looking forward to seeing you > soon in Stockholm! > >Cheers, > >Nan > > ________________________________________ From: M. De-Olazabal > [md469@hermes.cam.ac.uk] On Behalf Of M. De-Olazabal [md469@cam.ac.uk] > Sent: Friday, 19 February 2010 2:52 AM To: Chen, Nan (CSE, Highett) > Subject: resilience of urban services to CC Re: Risk and Resilience/ > Resilience and the built environment > >Dear Chen Nan (cc. all), > >My name is Marta Olazabal. I am PhD student (nearly third year) in the >Department of Land Economy of the University of Cambridge. > >My research deals with the assessment of resilience of urban services to >climate change perturbations. When I talk about urban services, I mean >human and ecological services in cities where I include natural and built >infrastructures. I have developed some conceptual models which I am now >trying to implement in some case studies in the Basque Country (one small >city and one up-scaling to regional level trying to get what I have called >"urban resilience index"). In both cases I will focus mainly on floods. > >In general, I found difficult to follow one single approach so my >dissertation combines ideas from different disciplines. I can not tell you >much about risk and resilience because I followed directly CC research >frameworks leaving out natural hazards approaches, although they have a >strong influence on VAR approaches (see Janssen 2006). In relation to >definitions, for very first ideas I have followed: > >Alberti, M. 2008. Advances In Urban Ecology - Integrating Humans And >Ecological Processes In Urban Ecosystems. pp. 366: Springer. > >Alberti, M. and Marzluff, J. M. 2004. Ecological resilience in urban >ecosystems: Linking urban patterns to human and ecological functions. Urban >Ecosystems 7(3): 241-265. > >Pickett, S. T. A., Cadenasso, M. L., and Grove, J. M. 2004. Resilient >cities: meaning, models, and metaphor for integrating the ecological, >socio-economic, and planning realms. Landscape and Urban Planning 69(4): >369-384. > >Alberti, M., Marzluff, J. M., Shulenberger, E., Bradley, G., Ryan, C., and >Zumbrunnen, C. 2003. Integrating humans into ecology: Opportunities and >challenges for studying urban ecosystems. Bioscience 53(12): 1169-1179. > >I found very useful the idea on non-equilibrium view of resilience of >Pickett (2004) > >However, for example, when trying to make the concept operative, as I have >mentioned, I have followed the ideas from climate change research. Just to >give some very different refrences, I chose Gallopin 2006 as my overall >framework, and other more economical and engineering approaches to measure >the attributes (Van der veen 2005). > >Gallopin, G. C. 2006. Linkages between vulnerability, resilience, and >adaptive capacity. Global Environmental Change 16(3): 293-303. > >Van der Veen, A. and Logtmeijer, C. 2005. Economic hotspots: Visualizing >vulnerability to flooding. Natural Hazards 36(1-2): 65-80. > >As you can see, I may have chosen a very multidisciplinar way to make this >operative but I hope it works! > >Additionally, I wanted to let you know that, although I did not have time >to read it yet, I found very interesting the papers shared by Henrik >Ernstson, who I believe is doing a lot of work in this area. You could >rescue his email (last 28th of January) and have a look at the references >he shared with us. > >To all of you: I am attending the "Workshop on Resilient Cities" next week >in Stockholm so we may meet to share some ideas! > >Hope this was useful. At least, it is a small step to identify what each >other is doing so we could share our thoughts or collaborate in a near >future. > >Regards, >Marta > > > > >On Feb 18 2010, Nan.Chen@csiro.au wrote: > >>Dear all, >> >>My name is Chen Nan. PhD. student at UNSW, Australia. >> >> I have just started my PhD, research for half year--still in the early >> stage, therefore lookingforward to your suggestions on my research topic. >> >> My current research project is to use a combined Risk and Resilience >> approach to look at the vulnerable costal settlement in Australia. I >> argue that current vulnerability assessment for the built environment are >> based on a risk approach, while focus on probabilities and worse case >> scenarios, risk approaches have limits to understand dynamic, complex and >> uncertain situations. Climate change impacts are highly dynamic, complex >> and uncertain. System ecology has methods to deal with such situations, >> e.g. the concept of resilience will assist in understanding the complex >> issues where the built environment is part of it. >> >> However, there are some questions that I'd like to raise and look forward >> to your kind feedbacks: >> >> 1) are there examples/case studies showing the limits of the Risk >> (management?) approach in dealing with complex, dynamic, non-linear >> issues? >> >> 2) are you aware of any argument on Risk VS. Resilience? or combinition >> of Risk & Resilience (in general or related to urban policy, especially >> urban environment or climate change policy)? >> >> 3) I am aware of the RA workbook as an assessment tool, however, what >> will be the reliability and validity of using such tool to analyse >> current building regulations and codes? >> >> 4) has anyone heard of a definition for resilient Built Environment' >> besides that of Bosher and Coaffee's? or the definitions of Resilience in >> built environments? >> >> 5) is there anyone doing the implication of Resilience on urban planning/ >> built environment? what literature you'd recommend? >> >>Thank you all!! >> >>Cheers, >> >>Nan >> >> >>Chen Nan >> >>PhD. Candidate >> >>Faculty of the Built Environment >>University of New South Wales >>Sydney NSW, 2052 >>AUSTRALIA >> >> >> >>Climate Change Flagship, CSIRO >> >> >> >>Mobile: +61 (0) 427836117 +61 (0) 427836117 >> unknown: RE: resilience of urban services to CC Re: Risk and Resilience/Resilience and the built environment Feb 23, 2010 05:01:18 Great! see you on Friday then! Regards, Marta On Feb 20 2010, Nan.Chen@csiro.au wrote: >Hi, Marta, > > Thank you indeed for all the detailed information!! I will be able to say > Thank You in person! _ I realized that you will also attend the workshop > at Stockholm Resilience Centre 26th-27th! Looking forward to seeing you > soon in Stockholm! > >Cheers, > >Nan > > ________________________________________ From: M. De-Olazabal > [md469@hermes.cam.ac.uk] On Behalf Of M. De-Olazabal [md469@cam.ac.uk] > Sent: Friday, 19 February 2010 2:52 AM To: Chen, Nan (CSE, Highett) > Subject: resilience of urban services to CC Re: Risk and Resilience/ > Resilience and the built environment > >Dear Chen Nan (cc. all), > >My name is Marta Olazabal. I am PhD student (nearly third year) in the >Department of Land Economy of the University of Cambridge. > >My research deals with the assessment of resilience of urban services to >climate change perturbations. When I talk about urban services, I mean >human and ecological services in cities where I include natural and built >infrastructures. I have developed some conceptual models which I am now >trying to implement in some case studies in the Basque Country (one small >city and one up-scaling to regional level trying to get what I have called >"urban resilience index"). In both cases I will focus mainly on floods. > >In general, I found difficult to follow one single approach so my >dissertation combines ideas from different disciplines. I can not tell you >much about risk and resilience because I followed directly CC research >frameworks leaving out natural hazards approaches, although they have a >strong influence on VAR approaches (see Janssen 2006). In relation to >definitions, for very first ideas I have followed: > >Alberti, M. 2008. Advances In Urban Ecology - Integrating Humans And >Ecological Processes In Urban Ecosystems. pp. 366: Springer. > >Alberti, M. and Marzluff, J. M. 2004. Ecological resilience in urban >ecosystems: Linking urban patterns to human and ecological functions. Urban >Ecosystems 7(3): 241-265. > >Pickett, S. T. A., Cadenasso, M. L., and Grove, J. M. 2004. Resilient >cities: meaning, models, and metaphor for integrating the ecological, >socio-economic, and planning realms. Landscape and Urban Planning 69(4): >369-384. > >Alberti, M., Marzluff, J. M., Shulenberger, E., Bradley, G., Ryan, C., and >Zumbrunnen, C. 2003. Integrating humans into ecology: Opportunities and >challenges for studying urban ecosystems. Bioscience 53(12): 1169-1179. > >I found very useful the idea on non-equilibrium view of resilience of >Pickett (2004) > >However, for example, when trying to make the concept operative, as I have >mentioned, I have followed the ideas from climate change research. Just to >give some very different refrences, I chose Gallopin 2006 as my overall >framework, and other more economical and engineering approaches to measure >the attributes (Van der veen 2005). > >Gallopin, G. C. 2006. Linkages between vulnerability, resilience, and >adaptive capacity. Global Environmental Change 16(3): 293-303. > >Van der Veen, A. and Logtmeijer, C. 2005. Economic hotspots: Visualizing >vulnerability to flooding. Natural Hazards 36(1-2): 65-80. > >As you can see, I may have chosen a very multidisciplinar way to make this >operative but I hope it works! > >Additionally, I wanted to let you know that, although I did not have time >to read it yet, I found very interesting the papers shared by Henrik >Ernstson, who I believe is doing a lot of work in this area. You could >rescue his email (last 28th of January) and have a look at the references >he shared with us. > >To all of you: I am attending the "Workshop on Resilient Cities" next week >in Stockholm so we may meet to share some ideas! > >Hope this was useful. At least, it is a small step to identify what each >other is doing so we could share our thoughts or collaborate in a near >future. > >Regards, >Marta > > > > >On Feb 18 2010, Nan.Chen@csiro.au wrote: > >>Dear all, >> >>My name is Chen Nan. PhD. student at UNSW, Australia. >> >> I have just started my PhD, research for half year--still in the early >> stage, therefore lookingforward to your suggestions on my research topic. >> >> My current research project is to use a combined Risk and Resilience >> approach to look at the vulnerable costal settlement in Australia. I >> argue that current vulnerability assessment for the built environment are >> based on a risk approach, while focus on probabilities and worse case >> scenarios, risk approaches have limits to understand dynamic, complex and >> uncertain situations. Climate change impacts are highly dynamic, complex >> and uncertain. System ecology has methods to deal with such situations, >> e.g. the concept of resilience will assist in understanding the complex >> issues where the built environment is part of it. >> >> However, there are some questions that I'd like to raise and look forward >> to your kind feedbacks: >> >> 1) are there examples/case studies showing the limits of the Risk >> (management?) approach in dealing with complex, dynamic, non-linear >> issues? >> >> 2) are you aware of any argument on Risk VS. Resilience? or combinition >> of Risk & Resilience (in general or related to urban policy, especially >> urban environment or climate change policy)? >> >> 3) I am aware of the RA workbook as an assessment tool, however, what >> will be the reliability and validity of using such tool to analyse >> current building regulations and codes? >> >> 4) has anyone heard of a definition for resilient Built Environment' >> besides that of Bosher and Coaffee's? or the definitions of Resilience in >> built environments? >> >> 5) is there anyone doing the implication of Resilience on urban planning/ >> built environment? what literature you'd recommend? >> >>Thank you all!! >> >>Cheers, >> >>Nan >> >> >>Chen Nan >> >>PhD. Candidate >> >>Faculty of the Built Environment >>University of New South Wales >>Sydney NSW, 2052 >>AUSTRALIA >> >> >> >>Climate Change Flagship, CSIRO >> >> >> >>Mobile: +61 (0) 427836117 +61 (0) 427836117 >> 1 to 25 of 291 items 1  2  3  4  5  ...  >>

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