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| Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Duke University; e.frankenberg@duke.edu; Sikoki, Bondan; SurveyMeter; bsikoki@gmail.com; Sumantri, Cecep; SurveyMeter; sumantri.2011@gmail.com; Suriastini, Wayan; SurveyMeter; suriastini@gmail.com; Thomas, Duncan; Duke University; d.thomas@duke.edu. |
| The extent to which education provides protection in the face of a large-scale natural disaster is investigated. Using longitudinal population-representative survey data collected in two provinces on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, before and after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, we examine changes in a broad array of indicators of well-being of adults. Focusing on adults who were living, before the tsunami, in areas that were subsequently severely damaged by the tsunami, better educated males were more likely to survive the tsunami, but education is not predictive of survival among females. Education is not associated with levels of post-traumatic stress among survivors 1 year after the tsunami, or with the likelihood of being displaced. Where education... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Development; Disaster; Education; Resilience; Vulnerability. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| Jacobson, Susan K.; Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida; jacobson@ufl.edu; Seavey, Jennifer R; Shoals Marine Laboratory; School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire; College of Agriculture and Life Science, Cornell University; jennifer.seavey@unh.edu; Mueller, Robert C; School of Art and Art History, University of Florida; bmueller@ufl.edu. |
| An interdisciplinary field trip to a remote marine lab joined graduate students from fine arts and natural resource science departments to think creatively about the topic of climate change and science communication. We followed a learning cycle framework to allow the students to explore marine ecosystems and participate in scientific lectures, group discussions, and an artist-led project making abstract collages representing climate change processes. Students subsequently worked in small groups to develop environmental communication material for public visitors. We assessed the learning activity and the communication product using pre- and post-field trip participant surveys, focus group discussions, and critiques by art and communication experts of the... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Collage; Creativity; Education; Environment; Field trip; Interpretation; Peer learning; Survey. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| Helgeson, Jennifer F; London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Geography and Environment; The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment; j.helgeson@lse.ac.uk; Dietz, Simon; London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Geography and Environment; The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment; s.dietz@lse.ac.uk; Hochrainer-Stigler, Stefan; IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis; hochrain@iiasa.ac.at. |
| When a natural disaster hits, the affected households try to cope with its impacts. A variety of coping strategies, from reducing current consumption to disposing of productive assets, may be employed. The latter strategies are especially worrisome because they may reduce the capacity of the household to generate income in the future, possibly leading to chronic poverty. We used the results of a household survey in rural Uganda to ask, first, what coping strategies would tend to be employed in the event of a weather disaster, second, given that multiple strategies can be chosen, in what combinations would they tend to be employed, and, third, given that asset-liquidation strategies can be particularly harmful for the future income prospects of households,... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight |
Palavras-chave: Coping strategies; Covariate risk; Education; Extreme weather; Poverty trap; Small-scale farming; Uganda; Vulnerability. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| Sharma, Upasna; Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria; upasna.sharma@gmail.com; Patwardhan, Anand; Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India; anand@iitb.ac.in; Patt, Anthony G; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria; patt@iiasa.ac.at. |
| Education is often considered a means for enhancing adaptive capacity, based on the consideration that formal education is likely to improve the ability of individuals to evaluate risks and respond to warning information. We explore the relation between the level and nature of education and enhanced ability to respond to tropical cyclone risk. We make a distinction between formal school-based education and nonformal education in the form of traditional knowledge of environmental precursors and conditions that may be associated with tropical cyclone occurrence. We evaluate two possible routes through which education could lead to enhanced ability to respond to tropical cyclone risk; first, education, both formal and nonformal, may lead to a better ability... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Cyclones; Early warnings; Education; Traditional knowledge base; Warning-response process. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| Pichler, Adelheid; University of Vienna; adelheid.pichler@univie.ac.at; Striessnig, Erich; Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, VID, WU), Vienna University of Economics and Business; erich.striessnig@wu.ac.at. |
| The possible impacts of the level of formal education on different aspects of disaster management, prevention, alarm, emergency, or postdisaster activities, were studied in a comparative perspective for three countries with a comparable exposure to hurricane hazards but different capacities for preventing harm. The study focused on the role of formal education in reducing vulnerability operating through a long-term learning process and put particular emphasis on the education of women. The comparative statistical analysis of the three countries was complemented through qualitative studies in Cuba and the Dominican Republic collected in 2010-2011. We also analyzed to what degree targeted efforts to reduce vulnerability were interconnected with other policy... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive capacities; Caribbean; Education; Vulnerability. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| Climatic events can have disastrous consequences on rural livelihoods, which rely mainly on agriculture and natural resources. The way households and communities respond to climatic shocks depends on their available resources. We formulated that education is a human capital asset that can increase coping abilities in difficult times because education improves access to both social and economic resources. Based on the Thai government surveys of the living conditions and life quality of 68,343 rural villages for the years 2009 and 2011, we investigated the impacts of floods and droughts in 2010 on community welfare, i.e., consumption and income in 2011 at the village level. Using difference-in-difference methods, we analyzed how differential demographic... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Consumption and income smoothing; Drought; Economic vulnerability; Education; Flood; Thailand; Welfare. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| K.C., Samir; Research Scholar, World Population Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis; Wittgenstein Center for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, VID/OEAW, WU); kcsamir@gmail.com. |
| We addressed the issue of differential vulnerability to natural disasters at the level of village communities in Nepal. The focus lay on the relative importance of different dimensions of socioeconomic status and in particular, we tried to differentiate between the effects of education and income/wealth, the latter being measured through the existence of permanent housing structures. We studied damage due to floods and landslides in terms of human lives lost, animals lost, and other registered damage to households. The statistical analysis was carried out through several alternative models applied separately to the Terai and the Hill and Mountain Regions, as well as all of Nepal. At all levels and under all models, the results showed consistently... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Education; Floods and landslides; Natural disaster; Nepal; Vulnerability. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| Baird, Timothy D.; Virginia Tech; tbaird@vt.edu. |
| Decades of research on the social dynamics of biodiversity conservation has shown that parks and protected areas have added hardship to rural communities throughout much of the developing world. Nonetheless, some recent studies have found evidence of poverty alleviation near protected areas. To build on these conflicting accounts, I use a comparative, mixed-methods design to examine opportunistic, unplanned, i.e., unscripted, development in indigenous communities near Tarangire National Park (TNP) in northern Tanzania. I ask the questions: (1) How is proximity to TNP related to community-level infrastructural development? (2) How has the process of development changed over time? and (3) How is proximity to TNP related to infrastructure-related social... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Africa; Conservation; Development; Education; Infrastructure; Tanzania. |
| Ano: 2014 |
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| Cavanagh,Heather; Hood,Jennie; Wilkinson,Jenny. |
| A survey investigating the knowledge and perception of biotechnology by high school students living in the rural Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, was undertaken. Data relating to the student preferred and trusted information sources was also gathered. This study has demonstrated that at least two-thirds of students had a good knowledge of medical biotechnology issues, however, a significant proportion of the students did have concerns about the use and/or safety of biotechnology. Nearly 90% of the respondents would like further information on biotechnology. In agreement with other surveys, the students reported an apparent lack of trust in articles from the lay press (newspapers, television, radio) and yet still report that these media as... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Education; Science; Secondary school. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582005000200001 |
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| Rojas-Martínez,Augusto; Giraldo-Ríos,Alejandro; Jiménez-Arce,Gerardo; Falcón de Vargas,Aída; Giugliani,Roberto. |
| Latin America and the Caribbean region make up one of the largest areas of the world, and this region is characterized by a complex mixture of ethnic groups sharing Iberian languages. The area is comprised of nations and regions with different levels of social development. This region has experienced historical advances in the last decades to increase the minimal standards of quality of life; however, several factors, such as concentrated populations in large urban centers and isolated and poor communities, still have an important impact on medical services, particularly genetics services. Latin American researchers have greatly contributed to the development of human genetics and historic inter-ethnic diversity, and the multiplicity of geographic areas... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Latin America and the Caribbean; Human and medical genetics; International organization; Research cooperation; Education. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572014000200017 |
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