Кавказология, 2021 Part of the preparatory work for writing a generalizing history of the Kabardin-Balkaria is summing up the results of a scientific study of its key problems, which include the interpretation of the traditional system of socio-political or inter-social ...
A. Kh. BOROV +2 more
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A conceptual socio-hydrological model of the co-evolution of humans and water: case study of the Tarim River basin, western China [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2015 The complex interactions and feedbacks between humans and water are critically important issues but remain poorly understood in the newly proposed discipline of socio-hydrology (Sivapalan et al., 2012).
D. Liu, F. Tian, M. Lin, M. Sivapalan
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Taxonomies for structuring models for World–Earth systems analysis of the Anthropocene: subsystems, their interactions and social–ecological feedback loops [PDF]
Earth System Dynamics, 2021 In the Anthropocene, the social dynamics of human societies have become critical to understanding planetary-scale Earth system dynamics. The conceptual foundations of Earth system modelling have externalised social processes in ways that now hinder ...
J. F. Donges +12 more
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On the Path to Space Mining and a Cosmic Sustainable Way of Socio-Natural Interaction
Philosophy and Cosmology, 2020 The transition of the world community to sustainable development will require not only the achievement of global sustainability, but also the same type of development outside the planet, especially in the case of space mining. By joining the cosmonautics, sustainable space mining will contribute to the formation of an extraterrestrial basis for the ...
Arkady Ursul, Tatiana Ursul
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Socio-hydrological modelling: a review asking "why, what and how?" [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2016 Interactions between humans and the environment are occurring on a scale that has never previously been seen; the scale of human interaction with the water cycle, along with the coupling present between social and hydrological systems, means that ...
P. Blair, W. Buytaert
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GEODIVERSITY AND THE INTERACTIONS OF SOCIO-NATURAL SYSTEMS IN AN ANTHROPOCENE PERSPECTIVE
Formação (Online), 2023 As investigações das Ciências da Terra permitem-nos saber que o planeta Terra tem 4,6 bilhões de anos. Durante esse tempo, muitos processos mudaram radicalmente alguns aspectos do planeta. Nos primeiros quatro bilhões de anos da história da Terra, a vida estava em seus estágios iniciais e se restringia aos corpos oceânicos.
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Developing a Catalog of Socio-Sexual Behaviors of Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in the Care of Humans [PDF]
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2015 The repertoire of socio-sexual and sexual behaviors of cetaceans is relatively unknown. The purpose of the current study was to advance the existing knowledge of socio-sexual behavior of beluga whales through the development of a behavioral catalog that ...
Heather M. Hill +6 more
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An institutional approach to vulnerability: evidence from natural hazard management in Europe
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Institutional vulnerability to natural hazards has not been thoroughly investigated until now. Yet, institutional vulnerability is strongly connected to all other vulnerability dimensions, and specific socio-economic and physical indicators.
M Papathoma-Köhle, T Thaler, S Fuchs
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Socio-hydrological spaces in the Jamuna River floodplain in Bangladesh [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2018 Socio-hydrology aims to understand the dynamics and co-evolution of coupled human–water systems, with research consisting of generic models as well as specific case studies.
M. R. Ferdous +9 more
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The spatial and temporal evolution of habitat quality and driving factors in nature reserves: a case study of 33 forest ecosystem reserves in Guizhou Province [PDF]
PeerJBackground Biodiversity plays a crucial role for humanity, serving as a foundation for human survival and development. Habitat quality serves as a critical indicator for assessing biodiversity and holds significant importance in both theoretical and ...
Xuemeng Mei +3 more
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