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Indigenous‐Led Adaptation to Complex Climate Risks in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pacific Island peoples have long histories of adapting to environmental changes, but recent climate change is now driving complex risks that unfold within rapidly shifting societal and environmental contexts. This study investigates how remote Indigenous communities in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, experience and want to respond to complex ...
Eric Lede +3 more
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Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since the mid‐2010s, Thai public discourse has villainised upland maize cultivation in northern Thailand for deforestation and environmental degradation through the popular imagery of bald mountains. The attention has prompted a new wave of land‐use interventions urging upland smallholders to replace maize with trees and perennials.
Pin Pravalprukskul +2 more
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, 2001 Canada has a wide range of landslides reflecting the diverse geological and geomorphological environments in the nation's landscape. Rock avalanches and rockfalls are extremely rapid landslides that are common in mountainous regions. Debris avalanches and channelized debris flows, typically triggered by heavy rains, form another group of rapid ...
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Riverine and valley systems across the globe have been central to the development of past urban centres. By AD 900, the Shashe and Limpopo Rivers seem to have facilitated the interaction and integration of early farming communities in southern Africa. This paper focuses on the application of geoarchaeological perspectives made available by the
B. S. Nxumalo
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Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Climate shocks threaten rural livelihoods in Malawi, yet households adopt diverse coping strategies to mitigate welfare losses. Using three‐wave Living Standards Measurement Study–Integrated Surveys on Agriculture panel data (2013–2019) and household fixed‐effects models, this study examines how climate shocks affect food security and ...
Suyeon Ro, Jongwook Lee
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Widespread ancient bedrock landslide deposits facilitate deep weathering for storage and access of organic carbon. [PDF]
Sci AdvHunter BD +4 more
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Green Developmentalism? The Political Economy of Hydropower in India in the 21st Century
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article critically examines the political economy of hydropower in India since its global reconfiguration as ‘green energy’ in the early 2000s. While an opportune convergence of interests among key global, national and subnational stakeholders contributed to the greening of hydropower in India, this reframing did not produce the expected ...
Vasudha Chhotray, Harsh Vasani
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Spatial distribution patterns and causal mechanisms of rainfall-induced clustered landslides: A case study from Southwestern Yunnan Province, China. [PDF]
PLoS OneXu Z, Zeng Y, Li Y, Yang M.
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Do Banks Learn From Natural Disasters? Evidence From the U.S. Financial Sector
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines whether U.S. banks learn from natural disasters. We explore several potential channels of adjustment and find that exposed banks primarily respond by adopting precautionary capital measures. This behaviour is evident both in the long run, when assessing divergent trends in the evolution of equity over time, and in the short
Dennis Dreusch +2 more
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Elevation-dependent landsliding driven by climate change in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis. [PDF]
Natl Sci RevZou C +5 more
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