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A Developmental View on Digital Vulnerability and Agency of Children Under 10 Years of Age
The digital behaviour of children is influenced by vulnerabilities in their offline world, especially in their families and peer group. By analysing...
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Digital Financial Inclusion, Income Inequality, and Vulnerability to Relative Poverty
Governing relative poverty is an indispensable part of achieving inclusive growth. Using data from the China Household Financial Survey, we...
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In defense of vulnerability
Is vulnerability a poisoned conceptual chalice from which only individualized notions of suffering and responsibility can emerge? What would the...
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The Utility of Socioeconomic and Remoteness Indicators in Understanding the Geographical Variation in the Regional Prevalence of Early Childhood Vulnerability in Australia
The family lives of children and their early childhood development outcomes are attributable to the level of socio-economic disadvantage and relative...
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Fear and Vulnerability: Anthropological Approaches
Human beings are vulnerable creatures: They are vulnerable and susceptible, in some situations their lives prove fragile and breakable, they can be...
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Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty: An Application to Colombian Households
This paper analyzes Colombian households’ vulnerability to multidimensional poverty. For this purpose, we apply the vulnerability as expected poverty...
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Assessing livelihood vulnerability of rural communities in Dimapur district of Nagaland state, India: policy implications
Climate variability induced increased frequency of disasters has affected the livelihood of the people especially in develo** countries. Rural...
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The Digital Divide: Understanding Vulnerability and Risk in Children and Young People’s Everyday Digital Lives
This chapter aims to uncover what it means to be vulnerable or at risk in relation to digital technology. To better understand risk and...
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Overcoming Vulnerability in the Life Course—Reflections on a Research Program
This chapter reflects on the twelve-year Swiss research program, “Overcoming vulnerability: Life course perspectives” (LIVES). The authors are...
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Livelihood vulnerability assessment and climate change perception analysis in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Climate change induced frequent disasters pose severe threats to agro-based rural livelihoods. Perceptions of risks play a critical role in planning...
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Neoliberalism and African Indigenous Knowledge Systems on Childhood Vulnerability in Zimbabwe
Over the past three decades, there has been increasing discussion of “vulnerable” children in the world’s international development and humanitarian...
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Developmental, Genderial and Cross-Cultural Aspects of Meaning
Meaning in life is considered one of the cornerstones of human existence. The construct of meaning in life is currently conceptualized as composed of...
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Identifying Linkages Between Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Population Ageing for Understanding Vulnerability and Risk to Older People: A Review
The present century faces developmental fallout as vulnerability and risk mount on the global systems due to climate change, urbanisation, and...
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Assessing the Relationship Between Emergency Food Assistance and Social Vulnerability During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Food insecurity is a major public health challenge that is associated with negative health outcomes in wealthy countries. In US urban areas, food...
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Mothers’ Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Kerala, India
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental for human well-being and development. This descriptive phenomenological study...
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Synthesis: Overcoming Vulnerability? The Constitution and Activation of Reserves throughout Life Trajectories
This chapter emphasize several dimensions of resources as reserves. Lifelong dynamics are crucial for the understanding of vulnerability development...
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Synthesis: A Multidimensional Perspective on Vulnerability and the Life Course
This first section shows that the concept of the interdependency of life domains is of utmost importance. Typically, such interdependency is detected...
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Social Vulnerability and Childhood Health: Bayesian Spatial Models to Assess Risks from Multiple Stressors on Childhood Diarrhoea in Malawi
Childhood diarrhoea accounts for over 15% of all under-five deaths in Africa. The disease is exacerbated by social vulnerability. This study...
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Vulnerability and Well-Being: Unaccompanied Migrant Minors in Italy
Tumminelli proposes a reflection on the condition of unaccompanied migrant minors considering the concept of well-being, how this can be achieved,...
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Vulnerability and Resilience of Refugee Women and Children
Although migration is often perceived as an immediate response to humanitarian crises, people affected by forced displacement face significant risks...