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Detecting extirpation: A localized approach to a global problem
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.The global biodiversity crisis stems from a cascading series of extirpations driving species toward extinction. Addressing this crisis requires methods for early detection of extinction at local scales, where communities can mobilize conservation efforts.
Andrew D. F. Simon +4 more
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Addressing the wicked problem of water resource management: An ecosystem services approach [PDF]
This paper develops a systematic assessment of the sustainability of ecosystem services provided by rivers impacted by water storage projects. Given the conflicting preferences amongst stakeholders and the incomplete, uncertain and contradictory ...
Cullen, Ross +2 more
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Investigative design: Materiality, systems, critique [PDF]
, 2018 What is commonly called “Design” has traditionally focused on communication, problem solving, or aesthetics applied in commercial contexts—according to Bratton (2016a), the means by which our “pathological relationships to material culture are made more ...
Walker, Kevin
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Disruptive Effects of the Coronavirus – Errors of Commission and of Omission? [PDF]
, 2020 It is increasingly evident that the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, is more than a health problem; it is and will continue to adversely affect work and workplaces, education, families and social engagements, political and environmental dimensions, and ...
Koerwer, Venard Scott +3 more
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Wicked futures:meaning, matter and the sociology of the future [PDF]
, 2017 Sociologists and futurists have come to see that 'fabrications' of the future as entirely open to being remade in the present have become more difficult to sustain in a complex and contingent world.
Tutton, Richard James Christopher
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Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research‐practice partnerships addressing climate change education face challenges navigating political resistance, epistemic tensions, and systemic inequities within schools and communities. Recent scholarship has outlined transformative climate change education (TCCE) as requiring the simultaneous transformation of curricula, pedagogies, and
Amal Ibourk, Deb L. Morrison
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A Socio-technical Analysis of Interdependent Infrastructures among the Built Environment, Energy, and Transportation Systems at the Navy Yard and the Philadelphia Metropolitan Region, USA [PDF]
, 2015 This paper reports on a research initiative that explores the interdependencies of the system of systems — the built environment, energy, and transportation — related to the redevelopment of The Navy Yard in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia ...
Farber, D., Pietrucha, M.T.
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Chemical engineering faces an increasing imperative to integrate sustainability principles beyond traditional economic and environmental considerations. The social dimension—encompassing impacts on human well‐being, equity, community health, labor practices, and ethical governance—represents a critical yet often underdeveloped pillar within ...
José M. R. C. A. Santos
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Science Education InternationalIn dealing with wicked problems, such as pandemics, war, economic inflation, refugee influx, and natural disasters such as earthquakes or floods, culture is seen as playing a strong role in determining peoples’ responses.
Tapashi Binte Mahmud Chowdhury +4 more
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Wicked problems: design approaches in complex health-care scenarios [PDF]
, 2012 Against the backdrop of the UK’s dynamically changing population demographic, its National Health Service (NHS) is faced with a number of ‘wicked problems’, i.e. problems that are difficult to resolve and resistant to resolution.
Macdonald, Alastair
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