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Critical infrastructure, panarchies and the vulnerability paths of cascading disasters [PDF]
Natural Hazards, 2016 Cascading effects and cascading disasters are emerging fields of scientific research. The widespread diffusion of functional networks increases the complexity of interdependent systems and their vulnerability to large-scale disruptions. Although in recent years studies of interconnections and chain effects have improved significantly, cascading ...
Gianluca Pescaroli, David Alexander
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WIREs Water, Volume 10, Issue 6, November/December 2023., 2023 Social‐ecological‐hydrological system of waterways in the Himalayas Abstract The high‐mountain system, a storehouse of major waterways that support important ecosystem services to about 1.5 billion people in the Himalaya, is facing unprecedented challenges due to climate change during the 21st century.
Giri R. Kattel +5 more
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Path Dependence as an Example of a Dysfunctional Panarchy
Ecology and Society, 2002 Jack Mathias
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Toward a new perspective on evaluating climate change resilience of agroecosystems
Ecosphere, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Anthropogenic climate change is a major challenge for agriculture globally, so agroecosystems more resilient to changing environmental conditions are necessary to continue sufficient production. However, high uncertainty surrounding the definition and evaluation of ecological resilience in agroecosystems inhibits effective development and ...
Emily Pappo +4 more
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Scales of coercion: resilience, regimes, panarchy [PDF]
, 2022 Allen, Craig R., Angeler, David
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Learning from the Anthropocene: Adaptive Epistemology and Complexity in Strategic Managerial Thinking [PDF]
, 2020 open access articleTurbulence experienced in the business and social realms resonates with turbulence unfolding throughout the biosphere, as a process of accelerating change at the stratigraphic scale termed the Anthropocene.
Lambrechts, Wim +2 more
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Spatial and temporal zoning of watershed resilience using a multidimensional composition approach
Natural Resource Modeling, Volume 36, Issue 2, May 2023., 2023 Abstract The present initiative study has been planned to develop a conceptual model for watershed resilience for which rare documents have been reported yet, particularly in developing countries where such studies are necessary. In this vein, different ecological, social, economic, and infrastructural and cultural key domains were applied for the ...
Parisa Farzi +2 more
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Linking soil health and ecological resilience to achieve agricultural sustainability
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Volume 21, Issue 3, Page 131-139, April 2023., 2023 Healthy soil is critical for global food security and other essential ecosystem services but is threatened by processes of soil degradation, with at least 33% of global croplands estimated to be moderately or highly degraded. Current soil health assessments provide insight into soil functional performance but often lack diagnostic criteria that assess ...
Alexandra G Davis +2 more
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Orchestrating Forest Policy in Italy: Mission Impossible? [PDF]
, 2018 In the Italian political and economic agenda the forest sector occupies a marginal role. The forest sector in Italy is characterized by a high institutional fragmentation and centralized decision-making processes dominated by Public Forest ...
Carbone, F. +6 more
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