Social capital is considered important for resilience across social levels, including
communities, yet insights are scattered across disciplines. This meta-synthesis of 187 …

Disaster scholars' interest in social capital has grown dramatically, due in part because
social capital gets at the heart of collective action, cooperation, and the therapeutic …

African countries are today the major importers of the lowest grade of second‐hand clothing
(SHC). With the opening of global markets and the intense circulation of fast fashion in the …

A growing majority of the world's population lives in cities, and the concentration of people
and critical services in cities increases their exposure to acute shocks and long-term …

Resilience has been intensely investigated as the viable quality of individuals, groups,
organizations, and systems to respond productively to notable change without engaging in …

The aim of this paper is to assess opportunities for the upcycling of waste clothing through
design workshops held in Accra, Ghana. An upcycling approach to clothing longevity …

African urban areas and cities are primarily seen as vulnerable to climate change. Apparent
attempts to get required policies have led to the widespread proliferation of overlapping and …

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach and framing sustainability issues from a resilience
perspective, our paper first aimed to highlight nature-based solutions (NBSs) as levers to …

Abstract Cities in Sub-Saharan African countries, already vulnerable, are under increasing
pressure from the impacts of climate change and its associated risks. Urban resilience has …

Purpose Studies on textile upcycling in Africa are rare, particularly in Liberia, where
extensive upcycling designs are appreciated throughout the country. This study aims to …