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Linking Complexity and Sustainability Theories: Implications for Modeling Sustainability Transitions

Peter, Camaren; Swilling, Mark - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 3, pp. 1594-1622

In this paper, we deploy a complexity theory as the foundation for integration of different theoretical approaches to sustainability and develop a rationale for a complexity-based framework for modeling <i>transitions to sustainability</i>. We propose a framework based on a comparison of complex...

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A race between economic growth and carbon emissions : what play important roles towards global low-carbon development?

Yang, Jun; Hao, Yun; Feng, Chao - In: Energy economics 100 (2021), pp. 1-16

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Resilience Assessment of Lowland Plantations Using an Ecosystem Modeling Approach

Wu, Chia-Hsin; Lo, Yueh-Hsin; Blanco, Juan A.; Chang, … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 3801-3822

:1 camphor laurel/ash density ratio. From an ecological resilience point of view, rotation length was more important than stand …

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Delivering a Multi-Functional and Resilient Urban Forest

Hale, James D.; Pugh, Thomas A. M.; Sadler, Jon P.; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 4600-4624

tensions more explicit, allowing them to be used to test the decadal-scale resilience of urban street trees. Our analysis …

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The Unsustainable Trend of Natural Hazard Losses in the United States

Gall, Melanie; Borden, Kevin A.; Emrich, Christopher T.; … - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 11, pp. 2157-2181

In the United States, direct losses from natural hazards are on the rise with hurricanes, flooding, and severe storms contributing about three quarters of the total damages. While losses from severe storms have been stable over the past fifty years, hurricane and flood losses have tripled. Per...

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Evolutionary Plant Breeding in Cereals—Into a New Era

Döring, Thomas F.; Knapp, Samuel; Kovacs, Geza; … - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 10, pp. 1944-1971

populations to deal with stressful, variable, and unpredictable environments. This resilience of evolving plant populations is …

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Community Vitality: The Role of Community-Level Resilience Adaptation and Innovation in Sustainable Development

Dale, Ann; Ling, Chris; Newman, Lenore - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 1, pp. 215-231

of resilience, adaptation and innovation in the face of environmental challenges. This paper outlines how community … development experiments and its relationship to resilience, applied specifically to community development. …

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Cultural Resilience—The Roles of Cultural Traditions in Sustaining Rural Livelihoods: A Case Study from Rural Kandyan Villages in Central Sri Lanka

Daskon, Chandima Dilhani - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 4, pp. 1080-1100

aim of this paper is to examine the roles played by culture in relation to livelihood resilience, posing the question of … political changes. Rural Kandyan communities afford us a good example of “cultural resilience”, relying on longstanding cultural … traditions for their survival. This paper shows how culture and traditional values strengthen livelihood resilience and argues …

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Emergency Managers Confront Climate Change

Labadie, John R. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 8, pp. 1250-1264

Emergency managers will have to deal with the impending, uncertain, and possibly extreme effects of climate change. Yet, many emergency managers are not aware of the full range of possible effects, and they are unsure of their place in the effort to plan for, adapt to, and cope with those...

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Sustaining Sanak Island, Alaska: A Cultural Land Trust

Reedy-Maschner, Katherine L.; Maschner, Herbert D. G. - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 10, pp. 4406-4427

Sanak Island is the easternmost of the Aleutian Islands and was inhabited by the Aleut (Unangan) peoples for nearly 7000 years. The past few centuries of Sanak Island life for its Aleut residents can be summarized from ethnohistoric documents and extensive interviews with former residents as...

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