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| Sellberg, My M.; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden; my.sellberg@su.se; Wilkinson, Cathy; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden; wilkinson_cathy@yahoo.com.au; Peterson, Garry D.; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden; garry.peterson@su.se. |
| Cities and towns have become increasingly interested in building resilience to cope with surprises, however, how to do this is often unclear. We evaluated the ability of the Resilience Assessment Workbook to help urban areas incorporate resilience thinking into their planning practice by exploring how a resilience assessment process complemented existing planning in the local government of Eskilstuna, Sweden. We conducted this evaluation using participant observation, semistructured interviews, and a survey of the participants. Our findings show that the resilience assessment contributed to ongoing planning practices by addressing sustainability challenges that were not being addressed within the normal municipal planning or operations, such as local food... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Crisis management; Eskilstuna; Local government planning; Participatory processes; Resilience assessment; Sustainable development; Sweden; Transdisciplinary research; Urban planning. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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| Labrecque, Joanne; Charlebois, Sylvain. |
| On March 20, 1996, a day known as Black Wednesday to the British beef industry, the British Secretary of State of Health announced that a possible link existed between BSE and the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the human variant of mad cow. Seven years later, a somewhat comparable fate struck the Canadian beef industry. In May 2003, the discovery of the first native North American case of BSE in Canada deflated the prospects of the industry across the country, consequently creating environmental uncertainty. This paper conceptually analyses the events that occurred in Britain by considering the beef industry as a political economy. The authors find that socio-political structures, driven by power and dependency relations, socio-political processes, and... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: BSE; Food safety policies; Food marketing; Food distribution; Crisis management; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8198 |
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| Kotorman, Annamaria. |
| The viability of agricultural enterprises is of paramount importance. Their liquidation has harmful effects on broad strata of society. The aim of my research is therefore to analyze the leading causes of liquidation of agricultural enterprises. The research was led on 17 agricultural enterprises. This may help in the prevention and treatment of their insolvency. The research results show that a long-term agricultural production is not sustainable with a low equity capital. For the long-term maintenance it is necessary that the investors establish the enterprise with a capital according to the type of the production. The loan can not replace the entrepreneurs own resources, it is only complementary to it. The owners of agricultural businesses should strive... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural enterprises; Liquidation; Capital lost; Risk; Crisis management; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53580 |
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