Working with reverberations: new ways for small towns

Novacevski, Matt; Meadows, Shannon

doi:10.1080/07293682.2020.1739098

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“…The challenge is to develop policy support for self-governance that has sufficient flexibility for emergent local reorientation efforts to be made. This is contrary to the tendency for top-down prescription rather than local specificity described in the introduction (Herbert-Cheshire and Higgins, 2004;Jones and Little, 2000;Markey et al, 2012;Powe et al, 2015;Novacevski and Meadows, 2020). Rather than political expediency and top-down influence, greater emphasis needs to be on what is emerging locally and facilitating the positive feedback that results.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Whilst the levels of external support for struggling small towns have varied, internationally there have been many schemes to support small town reorientation. Often, where state and regional-led schemes have been developed, there has been a tendency for top-down prescription rather than local specificity, and short-term rather than long-term support (Herbert-Cheshire and Higgins, 2004;Jones and Little, 2000;Markey et al, 2012;Powe et al, 2015;Novacevski and Meadows, 2020). Despite these concerns about external involvement, the challenge is achieving the appropriate form and nature of support.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Planning for small town reorientation: Key policy choices within external support

Powe

Connelly

Nel

2022

Journal of Rural Studies

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Planning for small town reorientation: Key policy choices within external support

Powe

Connelly

Nel

2022

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…Novacevski and Meadows (2020) provide a holistic approach to infrastructure planning that acknowledges the importance of place. They argue that place intersects wellbeing, resilience, character, connectedness and prosperity of the community – this is important for bolstering community resilience and is a prerequisite to addressing other planning issues.…”

Section: Community Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Asset-based community development approaches to resilience among refugees and recent migrant communities in Australia: a scoping review

Lester¹,

Ryakhovskaya²,

Olorunnisola

2023

IJMHSC

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Purpose Resilience is an increasingly important concept that contributes to sustainability and wellbeing of a community. Asset-based community development (ABCD) may offer promising approaches to boosting community resilience in Australia, especially within marginalised groups. Design/methodology/approach A scoping review was conducted to conceptualise existing literature on ABCD approaches to building resilience. Research databases were searched with relevant details. Findings Thirty-three sources were identified as meeting the inclusion criteria and were reviewed in terms of six themes: integration and identity, health, mental health, education, employment and community planning. Issues identified by the literature within these themes can be alleviated through asset-based approaches. Implications for planning of asset-based programs and policy change are discussed in light of the findings. Practical implications The results of this study provide several implications for practise, policy recommendations and future research into this area. Results suggest that increasing capacity around asset-based coping mechanisms, such as support networks through religious and cultural groups, would promote community development and foster resilience. Furthermore, policy on refugees in multiple areas, such as psychological service provision and employment, should be redesigned in a way that acknowledges their complex and diverse needs and facilitates their integration into the community. Though multiple ways to achieve this goal have been explored in literature, a sustained and broader approach is necessary to see widespread change. Further research and funding are required to explore and implement appropriate responses. Based on the findings and discussion above, the authors make the following policy recommendations. Service providers need to be aware of and incorporate culturally appropriate programs in the areas of mental health assessment and intervention, education and employment. The trauma-informed approach should be used when dealing with refugee groups and other groups who have faced hardships. Government policy should focus on improving community engagement to create and strengthen social networks, which are vital in boosting integration into the community and increasing health education and access to services. Government should focus on asset-based approaches in designing education and employment integration programs to promote social belonging and community engagement, and thus, community resilience, which will consequently have beneficial individual and group outcomes. The current governmental policy surrounding refugees should be overhauled with the goal of successful refugee integration in mind, such as incorporating the ability for refugees to access vital services such as employment and skills transferability programs. Due to current policy, these services are inaccessible to a large portion of refugees, hindering their integration. Government needs to create specific guidelines for the provision of psychological services to refugees to improve the quality of mental health services available to this group. Originality/value This paper comprises an original data analysis of the relevant existing literature by the project team. The process was rigorous, and no content of the analysis has been published previously except the material published by other authors. All previously published materials were duly acknowledged.

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“…The opening pages can be read as an evocative call for planning to rethink its relationship with place, to prioritise acts of re-connection at the fine-grained scale. They call planners to reconnect cities with nature and the gifts that place provides, for no lesser end than to restore depth to human existence (Hiss, 1991;Lefebvre, 1974Lefebvre, /1991Novacevski & Meadows, 2020).…”

Section: The Richness Of Camus' Allegorymentioning

confidence: 99%