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Quantifying resilience to recurrent ecosystem disturbances using flow-kick dynamics [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2018
Shifting ecosystem disturbance patterns due to climate change (e.g. storms, droughts, wildfires) or direct human interference (e.g. harvests, nutrient loading) highlight the importance of quantifying and strengthening the resilience of desired ecological regimes. Although existing metrics capture resilience to isolated shocks, gradual parameter changes,
arxiv  

Lesson Plan - Cities as Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This lesson is designed to elicit student preconceptions about cities, introduce the idea of cities as systems, and introduce the driving question for the entire year.
Center for Urban Resilience
core   +1 more source

The Power of Resilience

open access: yesJournal of the American College of Cardiology, 2014
![Figure][1] Disappointment can be crippling, but only if the individual allows himself or herself to be emotionally conquered by the defeat. This can be particularly devastating in the young. As an alternate path, I recommend finding refuge in the power of resilience.
openaire   +3 more sources

PRIME: A CyberGIS Platform for Resilience Inference Measurement and Enhancement [PDF]

open access: yes
In an era of increased climatic disasters, there is an urgent need to develop reliable frameworks and tools for evaluating and improving community resilience to climatic hazards at multiple geographical and temporal scales. Defining and quantifying resilience in the social domain is relatively subjective due to the intricate interplay of socioeconomic ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Exerkines in health, resilience and disease

open access: yesNature Reviews Endocrinology, 2022
L. Chow   +24 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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