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Wayfinder: a new generation of resilience practice
Ecology and Society, 2021 Here, we introduce Wayfinder, a novel conceptual framework and a process design for resilience practice. Framed by the Anthropocene argument, and with an explicit social-ecological system focus, the purpose of Wayfinder is to help users navigate toward ...
Elin Enfors-Kautsky +3 more
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Ecology and Society, 2023 Achieving sustainability in the Anthropocene requires radical changes to how human societies operate. The Seeds of Good Anthropocenes (SOGA) project has identified a diverse set of existing initiatives, called “seeds,” that have the potential to catalyze
Aaron J. Tuckey +7 more
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Scientific mobilization of keystone actors for biosphere stewardship
Scientific Reports, 2022 The biosphere crisis requires changes to existing business practices. We ask how corporations can become sustainability leaders, when constrained by multiple barriers to collaboration for biosphere stewardship.
Henrik Österblom +23 more
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Assessing the International Multi-Hazard Disaster Risk Governance in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 The Mekong River Basin faces various interconnected hazards caused by climate risks and human development activities such as rapid hydropower dam construction that may increase disaster risks to downstream countries.
Cahyadi Robby +3 more
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Engaging with complexity in resilience practice
Ecology and Society, 2021 In a complex and turbulent world, there is heightened interest in managing for resilience. However, resilience guides, particularly those used in the development field, often lack a theoretical grounding in complex adaptive systems.
My M. Sellberg +4 more
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European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2023 Background: People forced to leave their homes, such as refugees and internally displaced persons, are exposed to various stressors during their forced displacement, putting them at risk for mental disorders.
Sarah K. Schäfer +6 more
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A Theory of Transformative Agency in Linked Social-Ecological Systems
Ecology and Society, 2013 We reviewed the literature on leadership in linked social-ecological systems and combined it with the literature on institutional entrepreneurship in complex adaptive systems to develop a new theory of transformative agency in linked social-ecological ...
Frances R. Westley +6 more
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Reviving and Reclaiming Our Native Food System
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2019 As proud Native community leaders who call the Wind River Reservation home, our battles for sovereignty and respect are not just part of a long-ago history. Claiming our self-empowerment and putting it to good use on behalf of our entire community are
Rhonda Bowers +5 more
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Capturing emergent phenomena in social-ecological systems: an analytical framework
Ecology and Society, 2019 Social-ecological systems (SES) are complex adaptive systems. Social-ecological system phenomena, such as regime shifts, transformations, or traps, emerge from interactions among and between human and nonhuman entities within and across scales. Analyses
Maja Schlüter +7 more
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MOWLAS: NIED observation network for earthquake, tsunami and volcano
Earth, Planets and Space, 2020 National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) integrated the land observation networks established since the 1995 Kobe earthquake with the seafloor observation networks established since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and ...
Shin Aoi +9 more
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