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Rewiring Strategies for Changing Environments [PDF]

, 2010
A typical pervasive application executes in a changing environment: people, computing resources, software services and network connections come and go continuously. A robust pervasive application needs adapt to this changing context as long as there is an appropriate rewiring strategy that guarantees correct behavior.
Wim Laurier, Geert Vanderhulst, Geert Poels, Kris Luyten   +3 more
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Simulating Groundwater Potential Zones in Mountainous Indian Himalayas—A Case Study of Himachal Pradesh

Hydrology, 2023
Groundwater resources are increasingly important as the main supply of fresh water for household, industrial, and agricultural activities. However, overuse and depletion of these resources can lead to water scarcity and resource deterioration. Therefore,
Anshul Sud, Rahul Kanga, Suraj Kumar Singh, Gowhar Meraj, Shruti Kanga, Pankaj Kumar, AL. Ramanathan, Sudhanshu, Vinay Bhardwaj   +8 more
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Changing the Rotterdam-Rijnmond regional fire service: A multi-dimensional approach for analysing strategies of change [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to identify critical success factors for the management of complex change processes in fire service organizations and to apply these in a case study of the Rotterdam-Rijnmond fire service.Design/methodology/approach ...
Paridon, K. van, Sluis, Arie, Koppenjan, Joop, Sluis, A. van, Koppenjan, J., van der Meer, Frans-Bauke, Kuipers, Ben, Meer, F.B. van der, van Paridon, Kees, Kuipers, B.S.   +9 more
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Integrated Multi-Model Approach for Assessing Groundwater Vulnerability in Rajasthan’s Semi-Arid Zone: Incorporating DRASTIC and SINTACS Variants

Hydrology, 2023
Groundwater pollution in Rajasthan, India, poses significant challenges due to the region’s heavy reliance on this resource for drinking and irrigation.
Nadha Gowrish Narisetty, Gaurav Tripathi, Shruti Kanga, Suraj Kumar Singh, Gowhar Meraj, Pankaj Kumar, Bojan Đurin, Hrvoje Matijević   +7 more
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Spatiotemporal pattern of global forest change over the past 60 years and the forest transition theory

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
Forest ecosystems play an indispensable role in addressing various pressing sustainability and social-ecological challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss. However, global forest loss has been, and still is today, an important issue.
Ronald C Estoque, Rajarshi Dasgupta, Karina Winkler, Valerio Avitabile, Brian A Johnson, Soe W Myint, Yan Gao, Makoto Ooba, Yuji Murayama, Rodel D Lasco   +9 more
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Unlocking Institutional Food Purchasing: Contract Strategies for Values-Based Sourcing

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Introduction: Hospitals, schools, and other institutions in the U.S. collectively spend over $200 billion on food each year (Campbell, 2023).
Anaya Hall, Heather (“H”) Nieto-Friga, Kathryn Barr, Elliott Smith, Ashton Potter, Jodee Smith   +5 more
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Mapping the landscape of climate services

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
Climate services are technology-intensive, science-based and user-tailored tools providing timely climate information to a wide set of users. They accelerate innovation, while contributing to societal adaptation. Research has explored the advancements of
Francesca Larosa, Jaroslav Mysiak
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Cellular Automata-Based Artificial Neural Network Model for Assessing Past, Present, and Future Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics

Agronomy, 2022
Land use and land cover change (LULCC) is among the most apparent natural landscape processes impacted by anthropogenic activities, particularly in fast-growing regions.
Bhartendu Sajan, Varun Narayan Mishra, Shruti Kanga, Gowhar Meraj, Suraj Kumar Singh, Pankaj Kumar   +5 more
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Predicting Future Land Use Utilizing Economic and Land Surface Parameters with ANN and Markov Chain Models

Earth, 2023
The main aim of this study is to comprehensively analyze the dynamics of land use and land cover (LULC) changes in the Bathinda region of Punjab, India, encompassing historical, current, and future trends.
Ankush Rani, Saurabh Kumar Gupta, Suraj Kumar Singh, Gowhar Meraj, Pankaj Kumar, Shruti Kanga, Bojan Đurin, Dragana Dogančić   +7 more
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Where are you at? Re‐engaging bioregional ideas and what they offer geography [PDF]

, 2023
Bioregionalism was popularised in the 1970s back to the land movement. It is distinguished from other forms of environmentalism through the spatial imaginary of a bioregion as the scale for environmental action and regenerative living.
Hubbard, E., Jónás, K., Krisztina Jónás, Wearne, S., Ella Hubbard, Hubbard, Ella, Wearne, Samuel, Norton, J., Samuel Wearne, Norton, Jonny, Jónás, K, Maria Wilke, Wilke, M., Wearne, S, Jonny Norton, Hubbard, E, Jonas, Krisztina, Norton, J, Wilke, M, Wilke, Maria   +19 more
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