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Building Resilience in Rural Communities Toolkit
learningforsustainability.net2 Building Resilience in Rural Communities Building Resilience in Rural Communities Introduction How did this toolkit come about? This toolkit is the outcome of a three year research project examining resilience in a rural community. The study, titled ‘Identifying models of personal and community resilience that enhance psychological
Sustainable Rural Communities - Welsh Government
gov.walesPlanning authorities should seek to strengthen rural communities by helping to ensure that existing residents can work and access services locally using low carbon travel and obtain a higher proportion of their energy needs from local renewable sources. 2.1.2 Planning authorities should assess the needs and priorities of rural communities.
WHERE WE CALL HOME: LGBT PEOPLE IN RURAL AMERICA
www.lgbtmap.orgrural communities, researchers find that for many LGBT people in rural areas, living in a rural area may be just as important to who they are as being LGBT.ix EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2.9-3.8 Million LGBT People in Rural America-Movement Advancement Project, with data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDC, and The Williams Institute
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006
www.legislation.gov.ukii Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16) 12 Power to bring criminal proceedings 13 Incidental powers Powers of Secretary of State 14 Grants 15 Guidance 16 Directions CHAPTER 2 COMMISSION FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES The Commission and its general purpose
Digital technologies in agriculture and rural areas ...
www.fao.orgexpected to come mainly from rural communities. Already, 70% of the poorest 20% in developing countries have access to mobile phones (World Bank, 2016). Additionally, more than 40% of the global population has internet access and there are major initiatives to connect those in rural areas of developing countries (World Bank, 2016).
Strategy for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 2016–2030
www.unicef.orgtimes of stability and crisis, in urban and rural communities, and in every country around the world. WASH is important in its own right, and is also necessary for health, nutrition, education and other outcomes for children. Girls and women are particularly affected by poor WASH, as are people living with disabilities.
Challenges and opportunities to improve the livelihoods of ...
www.fao.orgdependency, poverty in rural communities and non-communicable disease caused by low quality imported food. Access to inputs and resources, inadequate infrastructures, intuitional policies and services are some challenges of smallholders’ farms to compete with imported products in the domestic markets.
RURAL TOURISM AN OVERVIEW - Alberta
www1.agric.gov.ab.camany rural communities have opted to host tourism events on a yearly basis. However, the single yearly basis events have limited potential benefits to the communities. 3 Tourism is not the panacea for all rural problems but it has number of positive attractions. It is
Rural Child Welfare Practice
www.childwelfare.govin rural communities. Between 2000 and 2009, there was a nearly five-fold increase in the number of opioid-using pregnant women and infants diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) (Patrick et al., 2012). National data show …