Environment-Disaster-Conflict Trinomial: a Study of the Concepts of Resilience for Peacebuilding in the Anthropocene

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2023v12i1.p22-39

Keywords:

peacebuilding, national resilience, community resilience, community mobilization, complexity, Anthropocene

Abstract

Anthropocene has been considered a geological period of high risk due to the indiscriminate use of natural resources and the lifestyle taken by the world population, to the detriment of ecosystem conservation. The problem requires a transdisciplinary scientific approach due to its complexity. As a contribution to studies in the anthropocene, this article aims to add resilience to the peacebuilding and show its potential in the integrated response of the different systems or levels of analysis. This approach can find a favorable echo in the study on the levels of complexity of resilience, to mobilize and succeed in situations of disasters-conflicts. At the end, we discuss some aspects for Integrative modeling, which works as lens through which the levels at which risk and vulnerability factors can be addressed. This lens supports a holistic understanding of the individual, community or nation factors that can provide a more relevant and integrative perspective on resilience for peacebuilding in a disaster context.

Author Biographies

Hermes de Andrade Júnior, Universidade de Vigo

Bacharel em Relações Internacionais (UNESA, Brasil). Doutor em Saúde Pública (FIOCRUZ, saúde, sociedade e meio ambiente). Pós Doutorado pela Universidade Católica Portuguesa (FFCS/CEFH/UC-Braga). Pesquisador do Instituto Universitário Militar (IUM/CIDIUM), Lisboa, Portugal. Doutorando pela UVigo (Doc CREA S2i), Espanha.

Antonio Palma Rosinha, Instituto Universitario Militar, Lisboa, Portugal

Professor & Speaker | Researcher & Author | Leadership Consultant | Publications in academic journals and conference proceedings. Supervisor MSc thesis in leadership, reviewer articles on organizational Behaviour.

Coordinator and facilitator in leadership training competencies in the Military University Institute (IUM) and Portuguese Military Academy (AM).
Effective member of the Portuguese Psychological Association.
PhD in Human Resourcer Pschology, Work and Organizactions at Lisbon University.
Currently is a researcher of leadership and psychology studies in CINAMIL at Military Academy and CISDI at IUM.
Professor of Organizational Change and Development, Consumer Behavior and HRM.
Professor of Statistics at IPAM - Universidade Europeia.

Book Author "Case Studies in Military Context: The practice in the light of the theory" - IESM; "Performance appraisal" - Silabo Editions; "Psychology in Organizations" - Estácio Sá - Brasil.

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2023-04-28

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JÚNIOR, Hermes de Andrade; ROSINHA, Antonio Palma. Environment-Disaster-Conflict Trinomial: a Study of the Concepts of Resilience for Peacebuilding in the Anthropocene. Fronteiras - Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 1, p. 22–39, 2023. DOI: 10.21664/2238-8869.2023v12i1.p22-39. Disponível em: https://revistas.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/5937. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.