IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jscscx/v12y2023i5p288-d1141039.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

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

Author

Listed:
  • Kyle Breen

    (School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada)

  • Meredith Greig

    (School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
    The Family Centre of Northern Alberta, Edmonton, AB T5K 1C5, Canada)

  • Haorui Wu

    (School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada)

Abstract

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.

Suggested Citation

  • Kyle Breen & Meredith Greig & Haorui Wu, 2023. "Learning Green Social Work in Global Disaster Contexts: A Case Study Approach," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-21, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:12:y:2023:i:5:p:288-:d:1141039
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/5/288/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/5/288/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Lena Dominelli, 2021. "A green social work perspective on social work during the time of COVID‐19," International Journal of Social Welfare, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(1), pages 7-16, January.
    2. Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie & Phebe Asantewaa Owusu, 2021. "Global assessment of environment, health and economic impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 5005-5015, April.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Loredana Addimando, 2022. "Distance Learning in Pandemic Age: Lessons from a (No Longer) Emergency," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Apostolidis, Chrysostomos & Devine, Anthony & Jabbar, Abdul, 2022. "From chalk to clicks – The impact of (rapid) technology adoption on employee emotions in the higher education sector," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
    3. Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez & Eduardo Navarro-Jiménez & Juan Antonio Simón-Sanjurjo & Ana Isabel Beltran-Velasco & Carmen Cecilia Laborde-Cárdenas & Juan Camilo Benitez-Agudelo & Álvaro Bustamante-, 2022. "Mis–Dis Information in COVID-19 Health Crisis: A Narrative Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-24, April.
    4. Muhammad, Andrew & Hellwinckel, Chad M. & Nzayiramya, Savant & Taylor, Adam, 2023. "Economic Impact of Tennessee Forest Product Exports in 2021," Extension Reports 330847, University of Tennessee, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
    5. Sugishita, Kashin & Mizutani, Hiroki & Hanaoka, Shinya, 2024. "Disruption and recovery of the US domestic airline networks during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    6. Muhammad, Andrew & Hellwinckel, Chad M. & Anosike, Ejimofor & Taylor, Adam, 2022. "Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tennessee Forest Product Exports," Extension Reports 319769, University of Tennessee, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
    7. Verónica Aguilar-Esteva & Adán Acosta-Banda & Ricardo Carreño Aguilera & Miguel Patiño Ortiz, 2023. "Sustainable Social Development through the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Education during the COVID Emergency: A Systematic Review Using PRISMA," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(8), pages 1-17, April.
    8. Yongji Ma & Jinliang Xu & Chao Gao & Xiaohui Tong, 2022. "Impacts of COVID-19 Travel Restriction Policies on the Traffic Quality of the National and Provincial Trunk Highway Network: A Case Study of Shaanxi Province," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-21, July.
    9. Mike K. P. So & Jacky N. L. Chan & Amanda M. Y. Chu, 2022. "Dynamic Causality Analysis of COVID-19 Pandemic Risk and Oil Market Changes," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-11, May.
    10. Elena M. D. Schönthaler & Nina Dalkner & Michaela Ratzenhofer & Eva Fleischmann & Frederike T. Fellendorf & Susanne A. Bengesser & Armin Birner & Alexander Maget & Melanie Lenger & Martina Platzer & R, 2022. "Greater Emotional Distress Due to Social Distancing and Greater Symptom Severity during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Individuals with Bipolar Disorder: A Multicenter Study in Austria, Germany, and Denmark," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-15, June.
    11. Jingjing Wang & Xueying Wu & Ruoyu Wang & Dongsheng He & Dongying Li & Linchuan Yang & Yiyang Yang & Yi Lu, 2021. "Review of Associations between Built Environment Characteristics and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Risk," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(14), pages 1-16, July.
    12. David Milesi-Gaches, 2021. "Did research address the pandemic, epidemic or infectious risk in public transport scenarios? A systematic review to rethink future environmental implications for mobility [La recherche a-t-elle ab," Working Papers hal-03494239, HAL.
    13. Katafuchi, Yuya, 2021. "Residential land price fluctuations caused by behavioral changes on work-from-home based on COVID-19," MPRA Paper 109310, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    14. Dek Vimean Pheakdey & Nguyen Van Quan & Tran Dang Khanh & Tran Dang Xuan, 2022. "Challenges and Priorities of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Cambodia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-27, July.
    15. Gumataw Kifle Abebe & Sylvain Charlebois & Janet Music, 2022. "Canadian Consumers’ Dining Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Channel Decisions in the Foodservice Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-21, April.
    16. Da Van Huynh & Thuy Thi Kim Truong & Long Hai Duong & Nhan Trong Nguyen & Giang Vu Huong Dao & Canh Ngoc Dao, 2021. "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impacts on Tourism Business in a Developing City: Insight from Vietnam," Economies, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-17, November.
    17. Leili Mohammadi & Ahmad Mehravaran & Zahra Derakhshan & Ehsan Gharehchahi & Elza Bontempi & Mohammad Golaki & Razieh Khaksefidi & Mohadeseh Motamed-Jahromi & Mahsa Keshtkar & Amin Mohammadpour & Hamid, 2022. "Investigating the Role of Environmental Factors on the Survival, Stability, and Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and Their Contribution to COVID-19 Outbreak: A Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-16, September.
    18. Doğan, Buhari & Chu, Lan Khanh & Ghosh, Sudeshna & Diep Truong, Huong Hoang & Balsalobre-Lorente, Daniel, 2022. "How environmental taxes and carbon emissions are related in the G7 economies?," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 187(C), pages 645-656.
    19. Cao, Sheng & Xu, Haicheng & Xu, Yan & Wang, Xiaoshen & Zheng, Yingjie & Li, Yanling, 2023. "Assessment of the integrated benefits of highway infrastructure and analysis of the spatiotemporal variation: Evidence from 29 provinces in China," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    20. Sharma, Gagan Deep & Tiwari, Aviral Kumar & Jain, Mansi & Yadav, Anshita & Srivastava, Mrinalini, 2021. "COVID-19 and environmental concerns: A rapid review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:12:y:2023:i:5:p:288-:d:1141039. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.