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Applying a synthetic approach to the resilience of Finnish reindeer herding as a changing livelihood

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2016
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
doaj   +1 more source

The environmental balance of the Alta Val d'Agri: a contribution to the evaluation of the industrial risk and strategic sustainable development [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2015
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
doaj   +1 more source

Shaping agricultural policies in the Anthropocene era: what can we learn from the DPSIR framework?

open access: yesThe School of Public Policy Publications, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating management tools and concepts to develop an estuarine planning support system: A case study of the Humber Estuary, Eastern England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
© 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
core   +1 more source

A Systems Thinking Approach to Mitigating Xenophobia in South Africa for Socio‐Economic Development

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 247-256, January/February 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Socio-environmental assessment of the Santos and São Vicente municipalities on the coast of São Paulo/Brazil: application of social network analysis to the DPSIR conceptual framework

open access: yesProcessando o Saber
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
doaj   +1 more source

Application of the DPSIR framework to assess environmental issues with an emphasis on waste management driven by stationary tourism in Adriatic Croatia

open access: yesGeoadria, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

Forest landscape restoration in the drylands of Latin America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
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
core   +7 more sources

Identifying ecosystem key factors to support sustainable water management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
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
core   +1 more source

The Study on Ecological Security Evaluation of the Minghu National Wetland Park

open access: yesDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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