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Ecology and Society, 2008 This paper examines the possibilities for transformation of a climate-change hot spot - the coal-producing Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia - using complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory. It uses CAS theory to understand the role of coal in the
Geoffrey R. Evans
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Geo: Geography and Environment, Volume 13, Issue 1, January‐June 2026.Short Abstract Fire regimes across savanna‐dominated conservation areas in East African are symptomatic of joint processes of ecological and biocultural hysteresis, perpetuated by colonially inherited fire suppression policies and exclusionary governance arrangements that overlook local stewardship and pyrodiversity.
A. R. Croker, R. Stafford, Y. Kountouris
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The Most Resilient Show on Earth: The Circus as a Model for Viewing Identity, Change, and Chaos
Ecology and Society, 2007 Resilience, adaptability, and transformability are all tightly linked to the notion of change, whether in respect to coping with, adapting to, or harnessing it. But in order to understand these forces of change, we first need to recognize its counterpart:
Philip A. Loring
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Path Dependence as an Example of a Dysfunctional Panarchy
Ecology and Society, 2002 Jack Mathias
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yet a challenge in vulnerability and adaptation analysis [PDF]
, 2011 Vulnerability assessments performed for long term environmental changes in the global, sub global, national or local level regularly employ up-scaling and down-scaling of information.
Mishra, Arabinda, Varma, Navarun
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Complexity, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.This paper advances a framework for complexity‐informed action research as a mode of governance for addressing the contemporary polycrisis in socio‐ecological systems. It argues that knowledge is not merely representational but possesses causal power in shaping future system trajectories and that research and governance are inseparable, recursive ...
David S. Byrne +3 more
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The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2015 Strategies aimed at understanding contemporary South African water supply and sanitation problems require a broad view of factors such as migration, urbanisation and climate change.
Johann Tempelhoff
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Disentangling scale approaches in governance research: comparing monocentric, multilevel, and adaptive governance [PDF]
, 2010 The question of how to govern the multiscale problems in today’s network society is an important topic in the fields of public administration, political sciences, and environmental sciences.
Dewulf, A. +2 more
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Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 598-608, November 2025.Abstract This article examines the institutional design and statutory mandates of Climate Advisory Committees (CACs) in Denmark, Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom through comparative legal analysis. The CACs share the common feature of operating as boundary institutions mediating between scientific knowledge and policy implementation, with ...
Elena Cirkovic, Ole W. Pedersen
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Revealing the Organization of Complex Adaptive Systems through Multivariate Time Series Modeling
Ecology and Society, 2011 Revealing the adaptive responses of ecological, social, and economic systems to a transforming biosphere is crucial for understanding system resilience and preventing collapse.
David G. Angeler +2 more
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