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Youth Without Family to Lean On draws together interdisciplinary, global perspectives to provide a comprehensive review of the characteristics, dynamics, and development of youth (aged 15–25) who have no family to lean on, either practically or psychologically. In this timely volume, Mozes and Israelashvili bring together leading international experts to present updated knowledge, information on existing interventions, and unanswered questions in relation to youth without family to lean on, in pursuit of fostering these youth’s positive development. The various chapters in this book include discussions on different topics such as social support, developing a sense of belonging, parental ...
This book provides a comprehensive and updated review of the concepts, models, and interventions related to the process of adjustment to life course transitions. In times of transition, an individual is exposed to experiences that require them to assume new roles and exhibit updated behaviors. Regardless of the characteristics of these transitions, exposure to normative trajectories imposes on the person an intensive engagement in a process of (re-)adjustment. Sometimes this demand is beyond the scope of one's ability, motivation, or comprehension. Hence, some people might ineffectively perceive and/or react to the change and end up feeling unable to handle the change and inclined to escape ...
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This open access book addresses the various disciplinary aspects of nature-based solutions in flood risk management on private land. In recent decades, water management has been moving towards nature-based solutions. These are assumed to be much more multi-purpose than traditional “grey infrastructures” and seem to be regarded as a panacea for many environmental issues. At the same time, such measures require more – and mostly privately owned – land and more diverse stakeholder involvement than traditional (grey) engineering approaches. They also present challenges related to different disciplines. Nature-based solutions for flood risk management not only require technical expertise,...
The greatest threat to Israel may come from within, not without, as Carlstrom explains in his deft account of a nation's identity crisis..
Fernando Alves Correia contribuiu, indubitavelmente, para o prestígio da sua Faculdade, enquanto Investigador e Professor de Direito Público, dedicado e generoso, que a serviu como docente durante cerca de 45 anos. A par de uma apuradíssima formação jurídica e cultural, por todos reconhecida, Fernando Alves Correia, em vários cargos relevantes de gestão da Faculdade de Direito, demonstrou continuamente um inexcedível sentido de lealdade pessoal e institucional, bem como uma lúcida capacidade de liderança, moldada pela dimensão humana, quase fraterna, que nele amiúde lampejava. É autor de uma valiosa obra, que, no essencial, versa sobre as áreas do Direito Administrativo, do Direito do Urbanismo e do Direito Constitucional - com especial destaque para a Justiça Constitucional -, a qual teve uma vasta repercussão na legislação, na jurisprudência e na doutrina nacional.