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Implications of external validity for research on polycentric and complex adaptive systems [PDF]

Much recent research has examined the implications of policy analysis for complex adaptive social-ecological systems. System complexity comes from both the natural environment as well as complex institutional arrangements that humans use to manage and ...
Coleman, Eric A.
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Influences of ski‐runs, meadow management and climate on the occupancy of reptiles and amphibians in a high‐altitude environment of Italy

Ecology and Evolution
Alpine ecosystems harbour a rich and highly specialised biodiversity, which is particularly susceptible to anthropogenic disturbances such as habitat loss and fragmentation as well as to climate change.
Michele Chiacchio, Dennis Rödder, Klaus Henle, Annegret Grimm‐Seyfarth   +3 more
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Empowering Rural Communities on Rural Pact Implementation: A Human–Ecological Perspective on Social Innovation and Rural Young Entrepreneurship

Proceedings
This study aligns with the Rural Pact’s Long-Term Vision for European Rural Areas by encouraging multi-level collaboration and stakeholder engagement to address rural needs.
Maria João Parreira, Iva Pires
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A new framework to enable equitable outcomes: resilience and nexus approaches combined [PDF]

, 2018
Managing integrated social-ecological systems to reduce risks to human and environmental well-being remains challenging in light of the rate and extent of undesirable changes that are occurring.
Ahmed A. U., Allouche J., Arctic Council, Benson D., Berkes F., Berkes F., Bruenig E. F., Carpenter S. R., Guangwei C., Hoff H., Hong P. N., Hong P. N., Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Lemos M. C., MA, Martin‐Breen P., Middleton C., Pei S., Pelling M., Sen A. K., Velazquez‐Gomar J.   +20 more
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Unravelling agroecological transitions: a multidimensional study of the horticultural sector in Madrid

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
The growing need for alternative agri-food systems has become prominent, emphasizing local alternatives that prioritize long-term socio-ecological sustainability.
Inés Gutiérrez-Briceño, Irene Pérez-Ramírez, Carolina Yacamán-Ochoa, Dario Lucantoni, Beatriz Vizuete, Violeta Hevia, José A. González, Gerald Schwarz, Marina García-Llorente   +8 more
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Diagnosing Disaster Resilience of Communities as Complex Socioecological Systems [PDF]

, 2015
Global environmental change, growing anthropogenic influence, and increasing globalization of society have made it clear that disaster vulnerability and resilience of communities cannot be understood without knowledge of the broader social-ecological ...
Bhandari, D., Dhugar, S., Keating, A., Liu, W., Mechler, R.   +4 more
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Social Ecological Systems in Flux

Annual Review of Sociology
A world in flux confronts the present generation, raising fears of systems gone awry. Whether it is the prospect of runaway climate change or the dangers of unbridled artificial intelligence, these dilemmas suggest that scientific and technological remedies have not been matched by progress in harnessing social and political capacities for collective ...
Lejano, Raul, Stokols, Daniel
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Social learning for resilience in social–ecological systems [PDF]

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2017
Fostering of social learning is generally considered an important governance instrument to build resilience in social-ecological systems. Empirical studies addressing the contribution of social learning to resilience are scarce however, and do not provide direct evidence but infer this contribution from the impacts of social learning on system ...
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Life Sustains Life 1. Value: Social and Ecological [PDF]

I would like to address the question of social and ecological value by bringing two approaches to this question into conversation with one another and show their connections. The two approaches are those of Jonathan Schell and Akeel Bilgrami.
Tully, James
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Companion modelling for resilient and adaptive social agro-ecological systems in Asia [PDF]

, 2008
The Companion Modelling (ComMod) approach for renewable resource management (RRM) is a highly interactive collaborative modelling process used by researchers and local stakeholders to co-construct a shared representation of a given complex issue, and to ...
Trébuil, Guy
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