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Panarchy theory: myth or reality? Empirical evidence of the socio-ecological nature of supply chains

International Journal of Operations & Production Management
PurposeThis study builds on the panarchy theory by viewing the supply chain as a socio-ecological system and further expands it by considering the within-level linkages internal to the supply chain level.
Alice Madonna, Albachiara Boffelli, Matteo Kalchschmidt   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sustainability transition theories: Perpetuating or breaking with the status quo

Sustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 52-68, February 2025.
Abstract How scientists frame problems impact the solutions offered. Since the late 1940s development has been equated with modernization, technology adoption, and economic growth. Contrasting to this technocentric view, an ecocentric view has developed since the 1960s.
Katharina Biely, Sabrina Chakori
wiley   +1 more source

The ‘long now’ of southern African water: Exploring aspects of enchantment and disenchantment in Brandfort

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
doaj   +1 more source

Supply chain transformative capabilities and their microfoundations for circular economy transition: A qualitative study in Made in Italy sectors

Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 33, Issue 8, Page 8695-8715, December 2024.
Abstract In today's rapidly evolving landscape, supply chains must develop specific dynamic capabilities for initiating and successfully governing their transformations toward new configurations to withstand pressures arising from competitions and global changes.
Raffaele Nacchiero, Giovanni Francesco Massari, Ilaria Giannoccaro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Stina Drakare, Richard K. Johnson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A call for resilience index for health and social systems in Africa [PDF]

, 2009
This repository item contains a single issue of Issues in Brief, a series of policy briefs that began publishing in 2008 by the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.
Almedom, Astier
core   +1 more source

Modeling resilience and sustainability in ancient agricultural systems [PDF]

, 2015
The reasons why people adopt unsustainable agricultural practices, and the ultimate environmental implications of those practices, remain incompletely understood in the present world.
Allcock S. L., Anderies J. M., Atalay I., Bar-Yosef O., Casana J., Childe V. G., Clutton-Brock J., Cumming G. S., Diamond J., DiBattista A., Fisher C. T., Flannery K. V., Ford R. I., Gallant T. W., Goldman A. L., Gunderson L. H., Gunderson L. H., Helbaek H., Hillman G. C., Holling C. S., Holling C. S., Holling C. S., Hunn E., Hunt T. L., John M. Marston, Liu J., Marston J. M., Marston J. M., McAnany P. A., McAnany P. A., Miller F., Miller N. F., Mitchell S., Peeples M. A., Piperno D. R., Redman C. L., Redman C. L., Redman C. L., Renfrew J. M., Rose C. B., Rosen A. M., Scheffer M., Smith M. L., Tainter J. A., Tainter J. A., Ucko P. J., van der Veen M., van Zeist, van Zeist W, Voigt M. M., Voigt M. M., Walker B., Walker B., Walker B., Walker B., Westley F., Zeder M. A., Zeder M. A., Zohary M.   +58 more
core   +1 more source

Redesigning mineral regimes to strengthen the environmental rule of law: A case study on lithium in brines

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 633-646, November 2024.
Abstract This article aims to contribute to aligning the legal regimes for energy transition minerals with sustainability and justice. The focus of the article is on effectively embedding the human right to a healthy environment into the design of these regimes.
Ana Elizabeth Bastida
wiley   +1 more source

Conserving and restoring old growth in frequent-fire forests: Cycles of disruption and recovery [PDF]

, 2007
I provide a synthesis of the papers in the Special Issue, The Conservation and Restoration of Old Growth in Frequent-fire Forests of the American West.
Egan, Dave
core   +2 more sources

Environmental sustainability and management theory development: Post‐paradigm insights from the Anthropocene

European Management Review, Volume 21, Issue 3, Page 520-532, September 2024.
Abstract Given a looming crisis of environmental degradation, this conceptual review revisits certain long‐standing assumptions informing the development of management theory. Specifically, we problematise seminal notions of paradigm differentiation at the heart of Burrell and Morgan's theory of paradigms by arguing that assumptions of paradigm ...
Christian William Callaghan, Andrew Mitchell   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source