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Resilience of Past Landscapes: Resilience Theory, Society, and the Longue Durée

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2003
Resilience theory is an expanding body of ideas that attempts to provide explanations for the source and role of change in adaptive systems, particularly the kinds of change that are transforming. Scholars from various disciplines have contributed to the
Charles L. Redman, Ann P. Kinzig
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Characterizing Climatic Socio‐Environmental Tipping Points in Coastal Communities: A Conceptual Framework for Research and Practice

open access: yesEarth's Future, Volume 12, Issue 7, July 2024.
Abstract The concept of climate tipping points in socio‐environmental systems is increasingly being used to describe nonlinear climate change impacts and encourage social transformations in response to climate change. However, the processes that lead to these tipping points and their impacts are highly complex and deeply uncertain.
J. E. Shortridge   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobilising common biocultural heritage for the socioeconomic inclusion of small farmers: panarchy of two case studies on quinoa in Chile and Bolivia

open access: yesAgriculture and Human Values, 2019
Valorising the biocultural heritage of common goods could enable peasant farmers to achieve socially and economically inclusive sustainability. Increasingly appreciated by consumers, peasant heritage products offer small farmers promising opportunities ...
T. Winkel   +9 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Theorizing across boundaries: How to conduct a ‘breakout’ literature review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management Reviews, Volume 26, Issue 3, Page 331-343, July 2024.
Abstract Best practice advice for literature reviews abounds, yet little advice is available for how to infuse a literature review with theory‐generative insights that break out of knowledge silos. To address this issue, we provide guidance on reviewing a range of literature for theory‐generative insights through a process of knowledge transfers from a
Richard L. Gruner, Roberto Minunno
wiley   +1 more source

Unlocking the power of diversity for supply chain knowledge: Is pluralism in theorizing styles the key?

open access: yesJournal of Supply Chain Management, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 3-17, July 2024.
Abstract The authors reflect on the opportunities for diversity in supply chain research by examining the prevalent modes of theorizing in the field. This examination focuses on identifying common styles of theorizing in supply chain management research, which are defined as specific modes of reasoning to make inferences about supply chain phenomena ...
Joep Cornelissen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insight on Invasions and Resilience Derived from Spatiotemporal Discontinuities of Biomass at Local and Regional Scales

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2012
Understanding the social and ecological consequences of species invasions is complicated by nonlinearities in processes, and differences in process and structure as scale is changed. Here we use discontinuity analyses to investigate nonlinear patterns in
David G. Angeler   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digital resilience in higher education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Higher education institutions face a number of opportunities and challenges as the result of the digital revolution. The institutions perform a number of scholarship functions which can be affected by new technologies, and the desire is to retain these ...
Anderson, Terry, Weller, Martin
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Climate change adaptation in water law: International, EU and Finnish perspectives

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 80-92, April 2024.
Abstract Climate change is expected to significantly alter hydrological regimes globally as well as locally. The impacts will encompass both long‐term changes in hydrological trends and short‐term extreme weather events. The need to anticipate and adapt to future changes will challenge legal rules and institutions, as these are bound to the past.
Antti Belinskij   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fit in the Body: Matching Embodied Cognition with Social-Ecological Systems

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2012
Analysis of fit has focused on the macrolevel fit between social institutions and ecosystems, and bypassed the microlevel fit between individual cognition and its socio-material environment.
Janne I. Hukkinen
doaj   +1 more source

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