Building community resilience: can everyone enjoy a good life?

This research paper details the New Earswick Good Life Initiative, an 18-month participatory action research project in York, UK, aimed at building community resilience and environmental sustainability in a low-income suburb.

• The New Earswick Good Life Initiative (GLI) was an 18-month participatory action research project in a low-income suburb of York, UK, designed to identify activities that nurture community resilience and promote environmental sustainability.
• Successful community resilience and the adoption of new ideas require that initiatives are locally relevant and given sufficient time and care to become embedded. This process involves transforming social relationships, strengthening institutions, and altering local power balances.
• To effectively engage with local and national policies and ensure successful local responsibility, communities must develop social capital, knowledge, leadership skills, and support social networks.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2015). Building community resilience: can everyone enjoy a good life? https://www.sei.org/publications/building-community-resilience-can-everyone-enjoy-a-good-life/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Building community resilience: can everyone enjoy a good life? 2015. https://www.sei.org/publications/building-community-resilience-can-everyone-enjoy-a-good-life/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2015building, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Building community resilience: can everyone enjoy a good life?}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2015}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/building-community-resilience-can-everyone-enjoy-a-good-life/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }