Mobile livelihoods and adaptive social protection: Can migrant workers foster resilience to climate change?

Wu, Haorui; Bryan, Catherine

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“…Researchers and practitioners in social work have become more aware of this fact, as their job requires them to assess and administer interventions for those who are affected, particularly the most vulnerable and marginalized [8]. Social work interventions focus and emphasize the relationships between social, economic and human experiences, as well as the environmental consequences of human behaviour, thereby contributing to environmental justice and social justice [9]. Green social work is a developing concept that focuses on providing social workers with the tools they need to participate in these types of hazards, while tailoring research, practice, and policy to the specific needs of disaster survivors.…”

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Social Work Study on the Impact of Climate Change Among Communities in Kampung Pantai Johor, Kedah

Muqri Ahmad Shukri,

Yahaya,

Kamarul Bahrin

2024

TIJPH

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Climate change in Malaysia has led to the occurrence of flooding disasters that have a negative impact on all parties, especially the vulnerable groups, including the community in Pantai Johor Village, Kedah. Climate change refers to significant changes in average climate conditions or its variability over a long period (usually near or more). The flooding disasters have caused the Malaysian government to incur significant expenses to assist flood victims. Therefore, a qualitative study was conducted on ten respondents in Pantai Johor Village, Kedah, who were heads of households selected through purposive sampling. In-depth interviews were conducted to obtain the necessary information. All collected data were analyzed using thematic analysis methods. The study findings indicate that flooding disasters have an impact on the community's life in Pantai Johor Village, Alor Setar, Kedah. The study found that all respondents stated that climate change has an impact on their lives. Climate change in this village has led to flooding disasters, affecting the community. For the first objective of the study, the researcher successfully answered it through discussions of the study findings. The conclusions that can be drawn by the researcher based on the study's objective, which is to examine the impact of climate change on the community in Pantai Johor Village, Kedah, are that climate change brings various negative effects on the community's life in the village. The climate change that occurs has caused economic problems and disrupted the well-being of the community.

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Social Work Study on the Impact of Climate Change Among Communities in Kampung Pantai Johor, Kedah

Muqri Ahmad Shukri,

Yahaya,

Kamarul Bahrin

2024

TIJPH

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“…Social work researchers and practitioners have become more attentive to this fact as their position requires assessing and administering interventions for those who are impacted-especially the most vulnerable and marginalized (Wu et al 2022a). Social work interventions concentrate on the interrelation of "environmental, social development, industrialization and urbanization" (Dominelli and Ku 2017, p. 7) and emphasize the relationships between the social, economic, and human experiences and environmental consequences of human behavior (Wu and Bryan 2021), contributing to environmental justice and social justice.…”

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Learning Green Social Work in Global Disaster Contexts: A Case Study Approach

Breen

Greig

2023

Social Sciences

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Green social work (GSW) is a nascent framework within the social work field that provides insights regarding social workers’ engagement in disaster settings. Although this framework has recently garnered more attention, it remains under-researched and underdeveloped within the context of social work research, education, and practice in Canada and internationally. To further develop GSW in social work education and professional training, we considered how social work students and practitioners can use a learning framework to understand the impact and build their capacities to serve vulnerable and marginalized populations in diverse disaster settings. To do this, we developed a four-step case study approach, as follows: (1) provide detailed background information on the cases, (2) describe how each case is relevant to social work, (3) discuss how each case informs social work practice from a GSW perspective, and (4) provide recommendations for social work practitioners and students using GSW in future disaster-specific efforts. This case study approach centers on natural, technological, and intentional/willful hazards that examine current GSW research–practice engagement in Canada and internationally. Applying this four-step case study approach to three extreme events in Canada and internationally (a natural hazard, a technological hazard, and an intentional/willful hazard) illustrates it as a potential method for social work students and professionals to build their GSW capacities. This will assist in building the resilience of Canadian and international communities—especially those who have been historically marginalized. This article sheds light on how current social work education and professional training should develop new approaches to incorporate the GSW framework into the social work curriculum at large in order to prepare for future extreme events while incorporating environmental and social justice into research and practice.

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Promoting Environmental Justice and Sustainability in Social Work Practice in Rural Community: A Systematic Review

Greig

Bryan

2022

Social Sciences

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Social work’s response to global climate change has dramatically increased over the last several years. Similarly, growing attention has been paid to rural social work; less clear, however, is how social work, responsive to global climate change, is developed, deployed, and understood in rural contexts; this systematic review elaborates on current social work contributions (research, practice, and policymaking), promoting environmental justice and sustainability in rural communities. Utilizing the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) approach, this article thematically analyzed and synthesized 174 journal articles on social work-specific interventions and environmental justice. The results illustrate insights into the experiences, practices, or objectives of rural social workers vis-à-vis climate change. Significant themes from the literature demonstrated that gender, age, and race limited access to social work services and climate-related disaster response support in rural settings; this article argues that rural community-driven social work practices focused on environmental justice and sustainability should be encouraged and that policy advocacy attentive to climate change and its impact on vulnerable and marginalized groups should be pursued. Current and prospective social work scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and other stakeholders should collaborate with local rural communities to address their unique needs related to climate change. In turn, grassroots strategies should be co-developed to promote climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, ultimately achieving the goal of building resilient, healthy, and sustainable rural communities.

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Mobile livelihoods and adaptive social protection: Can migrant workers foster resilience to climate change?

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Social Work Study on the Impact of Climate Change Among Communities in Kampung Pantai Johor, Kedah

Social Work Study on the Impact of Climate Change Among Communities in Kampung Pantai Johor, Kedah

Learning Green Social Work in Global Disaster Contexts: A Case Study Approach

Promoting Environmental Justice and Sustainability in Social Work Practice in Rural Community: A Systematic Review

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