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Author : Norman Vasu
Publisher : Select Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9814022357
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Social Resilience in Singapore written by Norman Vasu and published by Select Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chan-Hoong Leong
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811370486
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Building Resilient Neighbourhoods in Singapore written by Chan-Hoong Leong and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how institutional and environmental features in neighbourhoods can contribute to social resilience, highlighting the related socio-demographic issues, as well as the infrastructure, planning, design and policies issues. It is divided into three themes – infrastructure, planning, and community. Infrastructure examines how physical features such as parks and street patterns influence neighborliness and resilience, while planning studies how urban design enhances social interactions. Lastly, community discusses policies that can forge social bonds, either through racial integration, grassroots activities, or social service. Overall, the book combines research and empirical work with scholarly models of resilience and governance philosophy, focusing on Singapore’s urban planning and social policies.
Author : Asad Latif
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9814345377
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Hearts of Resilience written by Asad Latif and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2011 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bomb attack on a hotel. A bomb in a taxi. Or a bus. Like the London 7 July 2005 bomb attacks. Or if a plot to bomb an MRT station succeeds. How would we react? Would Singaporeans stay calm? And united? Or would ethnic fault lines crack? Building networks of trust in good times is crucial. Building social resilience is important in keeping Singapore united in a crisis. That is what the Community Engagement Programme, or CEP, sets out to do. This book describes the Singapore experience in reaching out to hearts and minds. As we fortify our hearts of resilience, the CEP is a book that continues to be written.
Author : Greg Lopez
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498575854
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Download or read book Regime Resilience in Malaysia and Singapore written by Greg Lopez and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prominent scholars across the political divide and academic disciplines analyze how the dominant political parties in Malaysia and Singapore, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the People’s Action Party (PAP), have stayed in power. With a focus on developments in the last decade and the tenures of Prime Ministers Najib Tun Razak and Lee Hsien Loong, the authors offer a range of explanations for how these regimes have remained politically resilient.
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ISBN 13 : 9789811178108
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (781 download)
Download or read book A Resilient Singapore written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rohan Gunaratna
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1908977558
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Countering Extremism: Building Social Resilience Through Community Engagement written by Rohan Gunaratna and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique work is the first to address the subject of community engagement strategies in countering extremism, and explores the development and research of these strategies. In so doing it demystifies the process of community engagement, while simultaneously extolling the virtues of the ground breaking strategies to have been effectively employed in Asia, the Middle East, and the West.The book then proceeds to examine the efforts of community engagement made by several countries against their unique operational and geopolitical environments. Finally, detailed reference is made to the role and work of the media and non-government organizations to have conducted effective community engagement efforts.With contributions from authors of diverse backgrounds, including media, the social services, security, and academia, this book will be of interest to both the general public and to researchers.
Author : Ahjond S. Garmestani
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231536356
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Social-Ecological Resilience and Law written by Ahjond S. Garmestani and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental law envisions ecological systems as existing in an equilibrium state, reinforcing a rigid legal framework unable to absorb rapid environmental changes and innovations in sustainability. For the past four decades, "resilience theory," which embraces uncertainty and nonlinear dynamics in complex adaptive systems, has provided a robust, invaluable foundation for sound environmental management. Reforming American law to incorporate this knowledge is the key to sustainability. This volume features top legal and resilience scholars speaking on resilience theory and its legal applications to climate change, biodiversity, national parks, and water law.
Author : Stephen Hamnett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351058215
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Planning Singapore written by Stephen Hamnett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two hundred years ago, Sir Stamford Raffles established the modern settlement of Singapore with the intent of seeing it become ‘a great commercial emporium and fulcrum’. But by the time independence was achieved in 1965, the city faced daunting problems of housing shortage, slums and high unemployment. Since then, Singapore has become one of the richest countries on earth, providing, in Sir Peter Hall’s words, ‘perhaps the most extraordinary case of economic development in the history of the world’. The story of Singapore’s remarkable achievements in the first half century after its independence is now widely known. In Planning Singapore: The Experimental City, Stephen Hamnett and Belinda Yuen have brought together a set of chapters on Singapore’s planning achievements, aspirations and challenges, which are united in their focus on what might happen next in the planning of the island-state. Chapters range over Singapore’s planning system, innovation and future economy, housing, biodiversity, water and waste, climate change, transport, and the potential transferability of Singapore’s planning knowledge. A key question is whether the planning approaches, which have served Singapore so well until now, will suffice to meet the emerging challenges of a changing global economy, demographic shifts, new technologies and the existential threat of climate change. Singapore as a global city is becoming more unequal and more diverse. This has the potential to weaken the social compact which has largely existed since independence and to undermine the social resilience undoubtedly needed to cope with the shocks and disruptions of the twenty-first century. The book concludes, however, that Singapore is better-placed than most to respond to the challenges which it will certainly face thanks to its outstanding systems of planning and implementation, a proven capacity to experiment and a highly developed ability to adapt quickly, purposefully and pragmatically to changing circumstances.
Author : Judith Rodin
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610394712
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Resilience Dividend written by Judith Rodin and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building resilience -- the ability to bounce back more quickly and effectively -- is an urgent social and economic issue. Our interconnected world is susceptible to sudden and dramatic shocks and stresses: a cyber-attack, a new strain of virus, a structural failure, a violent storm, a civil disturbance, an economic blow. Through an astonishing range of stories, Judith Rodin shows how people, organizations, businesses, communities, and cities have developed resilience in the face of otherwise catastrophic challenges: Medellin, Colombia, was once the drug and murder capital of South America. Now it's host to international conferences and an emerging vacation destination. Tulsa, Oklahoma, cracked the code of rapid urban development in a floodplain. Airbnb, Toyota, Ikea, Coca-Cola, and other companies have realized the value of reducing vulnerabilities and potential threats to customers, employees, and their bottom line. In the Mau Forest of Kenya, bottom-up solutions are critical for dealing with climate change, environmental degradation, and displacement of locals. Following Superstorm Sandy, the Rockaway Surf Club in New York played a vital role in distributing emergency supplies. As we grow more adept at managing disruption and more skilled at resilience-building, Rodin reveals how we are able to create and take advantage of new economic and social opportunities that offer us the capacity to recover after catastrophes and grow strong in times of relative calm.
Author : Norman Vasu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134598246
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)
Download or read book Nations, National Narratives and Communities in the Asia-Pacific written by Norman Vasu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many states in the Asia Pacific region are not built around a single homogenous people, but rather include many large, varied, different national groups. This book explores how states in the region attempt to develop commonality and a nation and the difficulties that arise. It discusses the consequences which ensue when competing narratives clash, and examines the nature of resistance to dominant narratives which arise. It considers the problems in a wide range of countries in the region including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
Author : Steven Ratuva
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 981162948X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)
Download or read book COVID-19 and Social Protection written by Steven Ratuva and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comparative analysis of how communities have developed people-based resilience in response to the global impact of COVID-19. The crisis of the capitalist economy due to border closure, downturn in business, loss of jobs and large-scale destruction of people’s well-being has worsened poverty, and inequality worsened the situation of the already marginalized. At the same time, it has provided the opportunity for indigenous and marginalized communities to innovatively strengthen their social and solidarity economies to respond the unprecedented calamity in a self-empowering and sustainable way. The book explores some of the ways in which local communities have mobilized their cultural resources to strengthen their social solidarity and mitigating mechanisms against the continuing global calamity. It looks at how different communities approach social protection as a way of sustaining their well-being outside the parameters of the ailing market economy and how some of these can provide valuable lessons for strengthening resilience for the future.
Author : Nam-Kook Kim
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317093674
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Multicultural Challenges and Redefining Identity in East Asia written by Nam-Kook Kim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization and increased migration have brought both new opportunities and new tensions to traditional East Asian societies. Multicultural Challenges and Redefining Identity in East Asia draws together a wide range of distinguished local scholars to discuss multiculturalism and the changing nature of social identity in East Asia. Regional specialists review specific events and situations in China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines to provide a focus on life as it is lived at the local level whilst also tracing macro discourses on the national issues affected by multiculturalism and identity. The contributors look at the uneven multicultural development across these different countries and how to bridge the gap between locality and universality. They examine how ethnic majorities and minorities can achieve individual rights, exert civic responsibility, and explain how to construct a deliberative framework to make sustainable democracy possible. This book considers the emergence of a new cross-national network designed to address multicultural challenges and imagines an East Asian community with shared values of individual dignity and multicultural diversity. With strong empirical support it puts forward a regulative ideal by which a new paradigm for multicultural coexistence and regional cooperation can be realized.
Author : Terence Wai Luen Ho
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811294216
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Future-ready Governance: Perspectives On Singapore And The World written by Terence Wai Luen Ho and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can governments prepare for the future as economies and societies transform?In this collection of essays written for Singapore's leading news organisations, policymaker turned academic Terence Ho examines how Singapore is grappling with technological disruption, climate change, social stresses, leadership transition and fiscal sustainability, among other key issues. Tackling these challenges requires nimbleness in policy adaptation and innovation. This entails anticipating change, developing resource buffers and policy options, and taking measured risks. The essays in this collection draw on the Singapore experience to shed light on wider issues of governance and leadership that are critical for the long-term success of any nation.
Author : Innocent Chirisa
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956550078
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Community Resilience under the Impact of Urbanisation and Climate Change written by Innocent Chirisa and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2019-01-07 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the world today faces messy problems, what in some circles has been called global weirding, the term resilience has taken centre stage. This is crunch time as we grapple with the negative effects of both climate change and urbanisation. Some commentators have compared the huge problems we face today to Oom Schalks proverbial leopard waiting for us in the withaaks shade. Do we endlessly count Oom Schalks proverbial leopards spots? This is the question posed by a stellar cast of academics, researchers, and experts whose contributions in this text is a rallying cry for action to build resilience to the challenging impact of urbanisation and climate change. To that end, this volume gives hope about the potential for human agency. Our challenge however, is to re-examine our values, to change our conservation conversation and return to a more wise and holistic understanding of ourselves and our place in the Universe. Perhaps, then only can the obituaries on our demise stay locked in the drawer.
Author : David Chandler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317682548
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)
Download or read book Resilience written by David Chandler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resilience has become a central concept in government policy understandings over the last decade. In our complex, global and interconnected world, resilience appears to be the policy ‘buzzword’ of choice, alleged to be the solution to a wide and ever-growing range of policy issues. This book analyses the key aspects of resilience-thinking and highlights how resilience impacts upon traditional conceptions of governance. This concise and accessible book investigates how resilience-thinking adds new insights into how politics (both domestically and internationally) is understood to work and how problems are perceived and addressed; from educational training in schools to global ethics and from responses to shock events and natural disasters to long-term international policies to promote peace and development. This book also raises searching questions about how resilience-thinking influences the types of knowledge and understanding we value and challenges traditional conceptions of social and political processes. It sets forward a new and clear conceptualisation of resilience, of use to students, academics and policy-makers, emphasising the links between the rise of resilience and awareness of the complex nature of problems and policy-making.
Author : Mathews Mathew
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1783269553
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Managing Diversity In Singapore: Policies And Prospects written by Mathews Mathew and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singapore society is increasingly becoming diverse. During the first few decades of nation building, policies were designed to homogenise aspects of Singaporean society while enshrining principles to allow restricted amounts of diversity. Fast forward to the present, and fifty years after independence, the number of areas where diversity is profoundly apparent remains copious, and its manifestations more varied.This book provides an updated account on the tensions posed by diversity in Singapore and how this is being managed, primarily by the state through policies and programmes but also by communities who attempt to negotiate these tensions. Such an enquiry is crucial especially at this juncture when the nation is finding ways to embrace the different forms of diversity brought about through external impetuses, as well as manage internal reactions from the various communities. The book chapters highlight important considerations if Singapore's diversity management strategies will hold promise for the future.
Author : David Chan
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814632635
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)
Download or read book 50 Years Of Social Issues In Singapore written by David Chan and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social context of Singapore is changing rapidly, and understanding how people think, feel and behave in various situations has become a key driver of effectiveness in addressing social issues. 50 Years of Social Issues in Singapore provides a comprehensive review and examination of various social issues at multiple levels of analysis including the individual, group and society.This invaluable book adopts a translational approach to social issues in Singapore by explicitly bridging intellectual and practical perspectives. Contributed by a distinguished team of authors, the chapters examine the critical ideas underlying public debates of social issues and their policy and practical implications.The book is organized into three parts. Part I examines issues of population and social fundamentals in Singapore such as ageing, marriage, urban planning, healthcare and racial and religious harmony. Part II analyses Singapore's social progress through issues of inclusivity such as social mobility, developing communities and marginal groups that deserve more attention. Part III focuses on core principles and social processes related to social justice, doing good, social media and approaches to understanding and addressing social issues in Singapore.Most importantly, the chapters in this book clearly identify many of the critical, unresolved and emerging questions on various social issues that will guide the next generation of public discussion and policy deliberations on what matter in Singapore.
