Jennifer Rao-Williams

Jennifer Rao-Williams
University of Dundee · Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design

Human Geography PhD

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Technical Report
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A rapid review of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises investigated how sustainable business practices can build resilient local economies for a post-COVID-19 recovery. The TRANSFORM team presents: *6 thematic areas of practice *11 Real time case studies of SME practice during covid-19 *7 Policy recommendations Further information on project https...
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The SEI Urban Toolbox for Liveable Cities: co-designing an accessible urban resource The SEI Urban Toolbox for Liveable Cities, created by the SEI Initiative on City Health and Well-being (CHeW), is intended to provide accessible resources and solutions to city stakeholders, including city officials, residents and community groups, to work towards...
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Small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) can have significant resources, capacities, and influence in their communities, suggesting they have the potential to be agents for transformative sustainability. However, SMEs will need to move beyond firm‐centered sustainable business practices towards strategic approaches that encompass and contribute t...
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Meeting global targets that maintain temperatures at 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels while adapting to the growing impacts of climate change requires significant and rapid societal change. Within this context, there has been growing interest in building community resilience to shocks and stressors and as a forward-looking process. Yet while ther...
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The most critical question for climate research is no longer about the problem, but about how to facilitate the transformative changes necessary to avoid catastrophic climate-induced change. Addressing this question, however, will require massive upscaling of research that can rapidly enhance learning about transformations. Ten essentials for guidi...
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The concept of transformation in relation to climate and other global change is increasingly receiving attention. The concept provides important opportunities to help examine how rapid and fundamental change to address contemporary global challenges can be facilitated. This paper contributes to discussions about transformation by providing a social...
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Aims and Objectives: This report presents findings from an action research project conducted in the Scottish Borders between May 2015 and September 2016. The project aimed to:1) Support a local process of community change through building partnerships, learning and capacity building; and2) Understand the critical factors involved in facilitating th...
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The Scottish Borders Climate Resilient Communities Project (SBCRC)1 was a participatory action research project that sought to build community resilience to climate change through working in three communities with a history of flooding in the Scottish Borders. It aimed to:- Understand some of the critical factors that contribute to shaping communit...

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