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Reflections on a vulnerability framework for sustainability science [PDF]

Jàmbá, 2023
The first vulnerability framework for sustainability science was published about two decades ago. It embedded vulnerability analysis into the foundational lens of sustainability and resilience research – the social-environmental system (SES) – and called
Billie L. Turner II, Bing-Bing Zhou
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Sustainability science engagement and engaged sustainability science

South African Journal of Science
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Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Janice Limson, Lesley le Grange   +2 more
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Roads traveled and roads ahead: the consolidation of Mexican ethnobotany in the new millennium. An essay

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2022
This work examines the development of ethnobotany, focusing on Mexico in this millennium. How has the discipline grown? What is the relative importance of Spanish? Are there inflection points? How did some select areas develop, and why? Numerical growth
Heike Vibrans, Alejandro Casas
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The Arctic Rivers Project: Using an Equitable Co‐Production Framework for Integrating Meaningful Community Engagement and Science to Understand Climate Impacts

Community Science, 2023
As the Arctic and its rivers continue to warm, a better understanding of the possible future impacts on people would benefit from close partnership with Indigenous communities and scientists from diverse fields of study.
Nicole Herman‐Mercer, Alestine Andre, Victoria Buschman, Dylan Blaskey, Cassandra Brooks, Yifan Cheng, Evelynn Combs, Karen Cozzetto, Serena Fitka, Joshua Koch, Aine Lawlor, Elizabeth Moses, Emily Murray, Edda Mutter, Andrew J. Newman, Charles Prince, Patricia Salmon, Jenessa Tlen, Ryan Toohey, Michael Williams, Keith N. Musselman   +20 more
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Constructing Consistent Multiscale Scenarios by Transdisciplinary Processes: the Case of Mountain Regions Facing Global Change

Ecology and Society, 2013
Alpine regions in Europe, in particular, face demanding local challenges, e.g., the decline in the agriculture and timber industries, and are also prone to global changes, such as in climate, with potentially severe impacts on tourism.
Fridolin Simon. Brand, Roman Seidl, Quang Bao. Le, Julia Maria. Brändle, Roland Werner. Scholz   +4 more
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Sustainability assessment and complementarity [PDF]

, 2016
Sustainability assessments bring together different perspectives that pertain to sustainability in order to produce overall assessments and a wealth of approaches and tools have been developed in the past decades. But two major problematics remain.
Alrøe, Hugo F., Noe, Egon
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Human Dimensions of Coral Reef Social-Ecological Systems

Ecology and Society, 2012
Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on the planet but are declining because of human activities. Despite general recognition of the human role in the plight of coral reefs, the vast majority of research focuses on the ecological rather than
John N. Kittinger, Elena M. Finkbeiner, Edward W. Glazier, Larry B. Crowder   +3 more
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Science and Sustainability [PDF]

Science, 2002
W hen the World Summit on Sustainable Development convenes in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the end of August, it will serve as a powerful reminder that science and technology are at the core of both the world's greatest problems and its most promising opportunities.
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Modeling Air Pollution Health Risk for Environmental Management of an Internationally Important Site: The Salt Range (Kallar Kahar), Pakistan

Atmosphere, 2022
This study aimed to assess the health effects of emissions released by cement industries and allied activities, such as mining and transportation, in the salt range area of district Chakwal, Pakistan.
Abdul Hafeez Nasir, Rab Nawaz, Rizwan Haider, Muhammad Atif Irshad   +3 more
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Sustainable Sciences Institute [PDF]

Nature Chemical Biology, 2007
The Sustainable Sciences Institute is building the capacity of scientists in the developing world to address local problems.
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