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Impacts of irrigated agriculture on food-energy-water-CO₂ nexus across metacoupled systems. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2020
AbstractIrrigated agriculture has important implications for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. However, there is a lack of systematic and quantitative analyses of its impacts on food–energy–water–CO2 nexus. Here we studied impacts of irrigated agriculture on food–energy–water–CO2 nexus across food sending systems (the North ...
Xu Z, Chen X, Liu J, Zhang Y, Chau S, Bhattarai N, Wang Y, Li Y, Connor T, Li Y.   +9 more
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The metacoupled Arctic and North Pacific [PDF]

, 2022
Climate change is causing Arctic and sub-Arctic systems to warm at twice the global average rate. Warming temperatures are leading to unprecedented rates of sea ice decline, which is shifting the migratory patterns of animals, increasing accessibility to
Kapsar, Kelly
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Synergies and tradeoffs among Sustainable Development Goals across boundaries in a metacoupled world [PDF]

Science of The Total Environment, 2021
Synergies and tradeoffs among the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within specific locations have been widely studied. However, there is little understanding of SDG synergies and tradeoffs across spatial/administrative boundaries although the world is increasingly interconnected and the United Nations aims to achieve SDGs everywhere ...
Zhiqiang Zhao, Meng Cai, Fang Wang, Julie A. Winkler, Thomas Connor, Min Gon Chung, Jindong Zhang, Hongbo Yang, Zhenci Xu, Ying Tang, Zhiyun Ouyang, Hemin Zhang, Jianguo Liu   +12 more
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Broader applicability of the metacoupling framework than Tobler’s first law of geography for global sustainability: A systematic review

Geography and Sustainability, 2023
Complex sustainability issues in the Anthropocene, with rapid globalization and global environmental changes, are increasingly interlinked between not only nearby systems but also distant systems. Tobler’s first law of geography (TFL) states “near things
Nicholas Manning, Yingjie Li, Jianguo Liu   +2 more
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Sustainability Evaluation on the Grain to Green Program in the Hexi Corridor of China: A Metacoupled System Perspective [PDF]

Sustainability, 2021
Most previous studies aim to predict ecosystem sustainability from the perspective of a sole human or natural system and have frequently failed to achieve their desired outcome. Based on the coupled human and natural system (CHANS) and its interaction with other systems, we attempted to analyze the effectiveness of the Grain to Green Program and ...
Jian Zhang, Tao Tian, Jinying Cui, Gordon M. Hickey, Rui Zhou, Jianguo Liu, Youcai Xiong   +6 more
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Complex Impacts of Wars on Global Sustainable Development in a Metacoupled World [PDF]

I-GUIDE Forum 2023: Harnessing the Geospatial Data Revolution for Sustainability Solutions, 2023
Wars and armed conflicts have had profound impacts on local and global sustainable development in an interconnected world. However, evidence on the impacts of wars is fragmented and little attention has been paid to the impacts on the 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a unifying framework for achieving global sustainable development.
Jiang, Qutu, Xu, Zhenci, Cui, Yuanzheng, Liu, Jianguo   +3 more
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Metacoupling supply and demand for soil conservation service

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2018
To date most soil conservation service studies heavily focus on measuring soil conservation service supply from the natural system without considering corresponding beneficiaries (i.e. demand), and feedback from the human system. In this paper, we presented an updated soil conservation service assessment framework as a two-way analysis of supply and ...
Wenwu Zhao, Yue Liu, Stefani Daryanto, Bojie Fu, Shuai Wang, Yanxu Liu   +5 more
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Tracking flows across a metacoupled planet for sustainability

, 2022
In an increasingly interconnected world, supply and demand are largely spatially segregated while reconnected through distant commodity trade and ecosystem service flows.
Li, Yingjie, 1990-
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Food Trade System Under Crises in a Metacoupled World [PDF]

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University. Fisheries and Wildlife - Doctor of Philosophy, 2025In an increasingly interconnected world, food trade systems are increasingly exposed to overlapping crises\u2014including pandemics, geopolitical conflicts, and
Jia, Nan
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A review of international trade impacts on sustainable development

Marine Development
As globalization accelerates, the expansion of international trade has profound implications for sustainable development, influencing economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability.
Ningkang Chen, Zounachuan Sun, Zhenci Xu, Junying Xu   +3 more
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