Coping with change in Australian rangelands : An introduction.

Climate change impacts on Australian Rangelands

The recent IPCC Fourth Assessment report concluded that Australia has significant vulnerability to the changes in temperature and rainfall projected under climate change (Hennessy et al. 2007). Agriculture and natural resources were two of the key sectors identified as likely to be affected strongly. Extensive grazing is by far the most widespread agricultural land use in Australia. Most of the...

Coping with Climate Change

The paper concludes with a cautionary note that adaptation is not a panacea. It should not be the only strategy considered for the reduction of risks posed by climate change. Adaptation comes at a cost and society has limited resources to devote to this activity. Also, there are uncertainties associated with the effectiveness of any adaptive response. Any portfolio of climate change policies sh...

Coping with change.

Coping with change.

The human brain is geared to detecting change, yet we often fear change. This may be because fear of change and a failure to cope with the change come from feeling that the origins of change are out of our control. Rather than coping with change, nurses should be effecting change in order to ensure the best patient care and their own professional autonomy. Below, the author takes an inward look...

Treatment of Clients Coping With Infidelity: An Introduction

Intimate emotional and sexual relationships outside of marriage or a committed relationship occur with high frequency in both community and, particularly, clinical populations. Clinicians are likely to confront infidelity not only among couples they treat, but also among individuals struggling with their own or their partner’s affair and among children contending with consequences of a parent’s...