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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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Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 1010-1031, March 2023., 2023 Abstract The environmental, social and economic limits and shortcomings of the current linear model of production and consumption highlight the necessity of a rapid transition towards a sustainable paradigm. The concept of a circular economy has recently gained traction among scholars, policy‐makers and businesses as a promising alternative.
Fenna Blomsma +3 more
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WIREs Water, Volume 10, Issue 2, March/April 2023., 2023 Three elements of moral economies for water. Abstract Over the past two decades, scholars have invoked E. P. Thompson's and James Scott's concept of a “moral economy” to explain how people mobilize notions of justice to make claims to water. We draw together 20 years of literature to assess the state‐of‐the‐art present in research on moral economies ...
Melissa Beresford +3 more
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International Journal of Ecology, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023 Fish habitat degradation, such as water pollution due to the rapid expansion of incompatible land uses, is one of the noteworthy challenges to freshwater ecosystems. Elevated contents of nutrients and contaminants in water are some of the imperative challenges.
Halima O. Mangi +3 more
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Governance, scale and the environment: the importance of recognizing knowledge claims in transdisciplinary arenas [PDF]
, 2011 Any present day approach of the world’s most pressing environmental problems involves both scale and governance issues. After all, current local events might have long-term global consequences (the scale issue) and solving complex environmental problems ...
Arts, B.J.M., Buizer, I.M., Kok, K.
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From Complex Regions to Complex Worlds
Ecology and Society, 2004 Panarchy focuses on ecological and social systems that change abruptly. Panarchy is the process by which they grow, adapt, transform, and, in the end, collapse. These stages occur at different scales.
C. S. Holling
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Eco-design approach on a university campus: MSKU outdoor cinema and activity area
ESTOA: Revista de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad de Cuenca, 2023 Social-ecological systems evolve in cycles of ecological adaptation increasing the resilience of places. The aim of this article is to present the design and implementation processes of the Outdoor Cinema and Activity Area Project which are applied on ...
Feray Koca +2 more
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River water temperature demonstrates resistance to long‐term air temperature change
Hydrological Processes, Volume 36, Issue 11, November 2022., 2022 River water temperature demonstrates resistance to long‐term air temperature change. Abstract Ecosystem health and water quality of rivers are dependent on their temperature. With ongoing human‐induced climate change causing increases in air temperature across the globe, it is anticipated the stream temperatures will rise too—in turn increasing the ...
Fred Worrall +3 more
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Ecology and Society, 2003 Between 1845 and 1850, a potato blight triggered a famine that killed or displaced 25% of the Irish population. Aside from its historical and cultural significance, the Irish Potato Famine illustrates how social and economic forces can create ...
Evan D. G. Fraser
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