Applying a synthetic approach to the resilience of Finnish reindeer herding as a changing livelihood
Reindeer herding is an emblematic livelihood for Northern Finland, culturally important for local people and valuable in tourism marketing. We examine the livelihood resilience of Finnish reindeer herding by narrowing the focus of general resilience on ...
Simo Sarkki +5 more
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The environmental balance of the Alta Val d'Agri: a contribution to the evaluation of the industrial risk and strategic sustainable development [PDF]
This study presents the preliminary environmental balance of the Alta Val d'Agri (Basilicata Region, Southern Italy), an area of great naturalistic interest characterized by the presence of huge oil and gas fields.
S. Loperte, C. Cosmi
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Shaping agricultural policies in the Anthropocene era: what can we learn from the DPSIR framework?
The global agricultural sector often doesn’t get the attention it deserves, usually because of its secondary economic importance and because no major structural shifts in demand for agricultural commodities are expected.
Guillaume Lhermie
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Integrating management tools and concepts to develop an estuarine planning support system: A case study of the Humber Estuary, Eastern England [PDF]
© 2015. Estuaries are important because of their multiple uses and users which often makes them challenging to manage since management must strike a balance between the needs of users, the estuaries' ecological and economic value and the context of ...
Barnard, Steve +4 more
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A Systems Thinking Approach to Mitigating Xenophobia in South Africa for Socio‐Economic Development
ABSTRACT Economic growth in South Africa has led to significant influx of migrants, especially from the African continent, searching for greener pastures. The influx of migrants in South Africa has given rise to competition for scarce resources between locals and migrants.
Y. S. Nyam, O. Kunguma, O. T. Selelo
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Considering the social, economic, and ecological complexity of coastal regions and the difficulty of public and private environmental management in these highly populated areas with multiple sources of pollution, this study used the driver, pressure ...
Eduardo dos Reis +10 more
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The complexity of the tourism sector relies on a variety of economic and social activities. Consequently, those are drivers that result in a variety of pressures and impacts on the environment.
Mira Zovko +2 more
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Forest landscape restoration in the drylands of Latin America [PDF]
Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) involves the ecological restoration of degraded forest landscapes, with the aim of benefiting both biodiversity and human well-being.
del Castillo, R.F +9 more
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Identifying ecosystem key factors to support sustainable water management [PDF]
There is a growing consensus that sustainable development requires a behavioral change, forced by firm decision-making. However, existing decision-supporting tools are unlikely to provide relevant information, hampered by the complexity of combined socio-
Goethals, Peter, Vannevel, Rudy
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The Study on Ecological Security Evaluation of the Minghu National Wetland Park
Comprehensively analyzing Liupanshui Minghu National Wetland Park ecological safety impact factors including environment, resources, ecology, economy, and society, utilizing the Driver force‐Pressure‐State‐Impact‐Response‐Management (DPSIRM) framework model to build Minghu National Wetland Park ecological security DPSIRM evaluation index system and ...
Qu Qin, Bin Wen, Jingjing Li, Deepali
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