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Administrative Capacity in Public Crisis Management—Better Than Its Reputation?

Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In most crises, local administrations are on the institutional front line and while their response can take a wide variety of forms, it requires certain administrative skills to remain capable of acting. This study argues that the concept of administrative capacity offers a framework to consolidate key topics of current crisis research with ...
Paula Gnielinski, Sabine Kuhlmann, Lars Gerhold   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sistema de ayuda a la decisión para la gestión hidrológica del río Guayas

Tecnología y ciencias del agua
La cuenca del río Guayas en Ecuador es la más grande en la vertiente Pacífico de Suramérica, con un área de 34 500 km2 (12.57 % del territorio nacional).
José María Campo-Carrera, Miguel Angel Cedeño-Villarroel, Mauricio Boada-Herrera, Angel Udias   +3 more
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Exploring ecohydrology through the lens of local fishers in the Bolivian Amazon

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2026.
Abstract The natural flow regimes of Andean‐Amazon tributaries play a vital role in sustaining their rich biodiversity and productive local fisheries, but ongoing and proposed alteration of river flow regimes by large dams threatens to negatively impact river ecosystems. Despite its importance, our understanding of how hydrologic variability influences
Lina G. Terrazas‐Villarroel, Jochen Wenninger, Marcelo Heredia‐Gómez, Nick van de Giesen, Michael E. McClain   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical Infrastructure, Climate Disasters, and Cultural Survival: Policy Failures and Community Displacement in the Era of Managed Retreat

Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 7, Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2026.
ABSTRACT Climate disasters are currently changing territory around the world by showing large inequalities that exist in infrastructure systems, governance arrangements, and development pathways. In many cases, climate risk response strategies like managed retreat have been framed as practical approaches to respond to increasing climate disasters ...
Chick Edmond
wiley   +1 more source

Electrified rhythms: How hydropower infrastructure transforms hydrosocial relations of riverine communities in the Lower Sogamoso River, Colombia

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 782-796, March 2026.
Abstract Hydropower dams regulate water flows for millions of downstream inhabitants worldwide, altering water availability. Under a changing climate, flow control is often framed technically and politically as being essential for reducing drought and flood risks. However, it can also disrupt ecological flows, impact livelihoods and erode environmental
Laura Betancur‐Alarcón, Laura Pulgarín‐Morales, Camila Jiménez‐Saénz, Rossella Alba, Tobias Krueger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drought reduces the value of both artificial and natural wetlands for gulls breeding in the Mediterranean region

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 3, March 2026.
The importance of artificial wetlands for waterbird conservation can be easily overestimated from count data alone. The value of extensive fish ponds as a breeding habitat depends on maintaining the availability of natural marshes as a foraging habitat. This requires reducing impacts from groundwater extraction. Given recent abandonment of aquaculture,
Yingjun Wang, Víctor Martín‐Vélez, María J. Navarro‐Ramos, Javier Bustamante, Ursula Höfle, Andy J. Green   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Urban Expansion and Flood Risk: A Spatial Assessment of Impervious Surface Growth and Floodplain Exposure in Mecklenburg County (2011–2021)

World Water Policy, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Urban expansion significantly impacts flood risk, particularly in rapidly growing areas where impervious surfaces exacerbate surface runoff. This study examines spatial patterns of urban growth and their effects on flood exposure in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, from 2011 to 2021.
Pegah Madadi, Azad Sadeghi
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of political attention on collaborative environmental governance among municipal street‐level bureaucrats

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 852-875, November 2025.
Abstract Collaboration in governing complex environmental challenges is the norm. However, collaboration does not necessarily deliver desirable outcomes, and the importance of forming collaborative networks that effectively address the challenges at hand has been emphasized in theory and practice.
Per Becker, Örjan Bodin
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Expert perceptions regarding the effectiveness and feasibility of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation in a large Mediterranean Basin

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 10, Page 2511-2531, October 2025.
Abstract Floods and droughts are becoming increasingly frequent and intense in the Mediterranean region. Nature‐based solutions (NBS) are being put forward as cost‐effective solutions for climate change adaptation to reduce the impacts of floods and droughts and provide multiple other benefits and ecosystem services.
Raquel Luján Soto, Carolina Boix‐Fayos, Joris de Vente   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water‐saving strategies in rice farming entail cascading effects in prey–predator interactions across ecosystem boundaries

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 9, Page 2273-2282, September 2025.
These results show that introducing multiple drainage periods in rice fields (i.e. AWD) indirectly hampers terrestrial spider reproduction through limiting the emergence of potential preys from the aquatic to terrestrial boundaries. MSD resulted in a more conciliatory strategy as it largely reduces methane emissions and does not affect predator–prey ...
Néstor Pérez‐Méndez, Gabriel Pompozzi, Maite Martínez‐Eixarch, Raül Llevat, Mar Catala‐Forner, Hugo J. Marrero   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source