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Biophysical and socioeconomic drivers of oil palm expansion in Indonesia

Environmental Research Letters, 2021
Indonesia has been the largest supplier of palm oil since 2007, and now supplies around 56% of the global market. While the existing literature has paid serious attention to the diverse impacts of oil palm plantation on socioeconomic factors and the ...
Yu Xin, Laixiang Sun, Matthew C Hansen
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The physics of spreading processes in multilayer networks [PDF]

, 2016
The study of networks plays a crucial role in investigating the structure, dynamics, and function of a wide variety of complex systems in myriad disciplines.
A Cardillo, A Hackett, A Halu, A Lima, A Sole-Ribalta, A Solé-Ribalta, Alex Arenas, B Min, B Min, C Granell, C Granell, Clara Granell, D Brockmann, D Krioukov, D F Gleich, E Bullmore, E Cozzo, E Cozzo, F Battiston, F Radicchi, F Radicchi, F Sorrentino, F Tan, FR K Chung, G Bianconi, G Bianconi, G Menichetti, G J Baxter, I Abraham, I de Sola Pool, J Gao, J Gómez-Gardenes, J Gómez-Gardeñes, J Sanz, K-M Lee, L Bargigli, L Gauvin, L Sola, L Zhao, M Asllani, M Barthelemy, M Bazzi, M De Domenico, M De Domenico, M De Domenico, M De Domenico, M De Domenico, M De Domenico, M Dickison, M Kivelä, M Salehi, Manlio De Domenico, Mason A. Porter, ME J Newman, M A Porter, N Kouvaris, O Sporns, P Echenique, P J Mucha, R Gallotti, R Gallotti, R Guimerà, R Sevilla-Escoboza, R G Morris, S Boccaletti, S Boccaletti, S Funk, S Funk, S Gómez, S Wasserman, S-W Son, S D Reis, S V Buldyrev, T G Kolda, T P Peixoto, U Braun, V Nicosia, V Nicosia, X Zhang, Y Tang, Z Wang, Z Wang, Z Wu   +82 more
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Current and future water balance for coupled human-natural systems – Insights from a glacierized catchment in Peru

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2022
Study region: Santa River basin, Peru. Study focus: In the Andes of Peru, climate change and socio-economic development are expected to jeopardize future water availability.
Alina Motschmann, Claudia Teutsch, Christian Huggel, Jochen Seidel, Christian D. León, Randy Muñoz, Jessica Sienel, Fabian Drenkhan, Wolfgang Weimer-Jehle   +8 more
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Evacuation Plans and Simulations for Crowd Egress – A Review [PDF]

, 2018
Due to growing population density and increasing complexity and congestion of human habitat evacuation planning is essential to avoid major loss of life during a natural or un-natural disaster.
Goyal, P. (Purva), Saxena, A. (Akash)
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Coupled human and natural systems: A multi-agent-based approach

Environmental Modelling & Software, 2007
A major force affecting many forest ecosystems is the encroachment of residential, commercial and industrial development. Analysis of the complex interactions between development decisions and ecosystems, and how the environmental consequences of these decisions influence human values and subsequent decisions will lead to a better understanding of the ...
Michael Monticino, Miguel Acevedo, Baird Callicott, Travis Cogdill, Christopher Lindquist   +4 more
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A Solution to Treat Mixed-Type Human Datasets from Socio-Ecological Systems

Journal of Environmental Geography, 2020
Coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) are frequently represented by large datasets with varied data including continuous, ordinal, and categorical variables. Conventional multivariate analyses cannot handle these mixed data types.
Clark Lisa B., González Eduardo, Henry Annie L., Sher Anna A.   +3 more
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A Practical Guide for Managing Interdisciplinary Teams: Lessons Learned from Coupled Natural and Human Systems Research

Social Sciences, 2020
Interdisciplinary team science is essential to address complex socio-environmental questions, but it also presents unique challenges. The scientific literature identifies best practices for high-level processes in team science, e.g., leadership and team ...
V. Reilly Henson, Kelly M. Cobourn, Kathleen C. Weathers, Cayelan C. Carey, Kaitlin J. Farrell, Jennifer L. Klug, Michael G. Sorice, Nicole K. Ward, Weizhe Weng   +8 more
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Transformation and endurance of Indigenous hunting: Kadazandusun‐Murut bearded pig hunting practices amidst oil palm expansion and urbanization in Sabah, Malaysia

People and Nature, 2021
Land‐use change and political–economic shifts have shaped hunting patterns globally, even as traditional hunting practices endure across many local socio‐cultural contexts.
David J. Kurz, Fiffy Hanisdah Saikim, Vanielie Terrence Justine, Jordan Bloem, Matthew Libassi, Matthew Scott Luskin, Lauren S. Withey, Benoît Goossens, Justin S. Brashares, Matthew D. Potts   +9 more
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Environmental science applications with Rapid Integrated Mapping and analysis System (RIMS) [PDF]

, 2016
The Rapid Integrated Mapping and analysis System (RIMS) has been developed at the University of New Hampshire as an online instrument for multidisciplinary data visualization, analysis and manipulation with a focus on hydrological applications.
Gordov, E., Okladnikov, I., Prusevich, Alexander A., Shiklomanov, Alexander I., Titov, A.   +4 more
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Moving sociohydrology forward: a synthesis across studies [PDF]

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2015
Sociohydrology is the study of coupled human–water systems, building on the premise that water and human systems co-evolve: the state of the water system feeds back onto the human system, and vice versa, a situation denoted as "two-way coupling".
T. J. Troy, M. Konar, V. Srinivasan, S. Thompson   +3 more
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