Sustainability and Inequality in Human Development
... and in average levels, standards and incomes between countries. The definition of sustainability employed here is based on the so-called capital approach to sustainable development, in which the aim is to make sure that future generations have at least the same value of capital available to allow th ...
... and in average levels, standards and incomes between countries. The definition of sustainability employed here is based on the so-called capital approach to sustainable development, in which the aim is to make sure that future generations have at least the same value of capital available to allow th ...
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... and Woods (2007)). In this paper, however, we want to make it explicit from the outset that, while there are many instances where ‘wildness’ can be identified as a component of ‘wilderness’ objectives (Cole, 2000), we do not equate the former with the latter. Instead, we follow Robert Chapman’s rej ...
... and Woods (2007)). In this paper, however, we want to make it explicit from the outset that, while there are many instances where ‘wildness’ can be identified as a component of ‘wilderness’ objectives (Cole, 2000), we do not equate the former with the latter. Instead, we follow Robert Chapman’s rej ...
Interacting environmental mosaics drive geographic variation in
... *Correspondence: E-mail: kkroeker@ucsc.edu ...
... *Correspondence: E-mail: kkroeker@ucsc.edu ...
Long-term ecological dynamics: reciprocal
... anthropogenic gradients than in natural gradients. We classify these studies into several categories, each with different strengths and weaknesses, and outline how the limitations can be overcome by combining the gradient-based approach with other approaches. Overall, studies reviewed here demonstra ...
... anthropogenic gradients than in natural gradients. We classify these studies into several categories, each with different strengths and weaknesses, and outline how the limitations can be overcome by combining the gradient-based approach with other approaches. Overall, studies reviewed here demonstra ...
climate change effects on species composition mediates
... Global changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration, temperature, and moisture will have important consequences for the functioning of ecosystems [1]. Climatic warming will occur in response to rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, and elevated CO2 can alter or compensate for many of the res ...
... Global changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration, temperature, and moisture will have important consequences for the functioning of ecosystems [1]. Climatic warming will occur in response to rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, and elevated CO2 can alter or compensate for many of the res ...
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... London, foreign policy adviser to Tony Blair and, from 2009, key committee member of the public inquiry into the Iraq War – published an influential article in the Review of International Studies under the title ‘The Age of Liberal Wars’. 1 Freedman argues that Western liberaldemocracies are increas ...
... London, foreign policy adviser to Tony Blair and, from 2009, key committee member of the public inquiry into the Iraq War – published an influential article in the Review of International Studies under the title ‘The Age of Liberal Wars’. 1 Freedman argues that Western liberaldemocracies are increas ...
changing narratives and power dynamics in private standards in
... narrow from the perspective of workers and smallholders and their wider communities. We raise questions about how standards, including MSIs, frame and potentially constrain the participation and agency of smallholders and workers in global value chains. Our approach contributes to a better understan ...
... narrow from the perspective of workers and smallholders and their wider communities. We raise questions about how standards, including MSIs, frame and potentially constrain the participation and agency of smallholders and workers in global value chains. Our approach contributes to a better understan ...
Climate change and the ecology and evolution of Arctic vertebrates
... Arctic vertebrates can adjust to cope with climaterelated changes (i.e., through their phenotypic plasticity) or adapt (via the differential selection of some genotypes) in many different ways. The aim of our paper is to review these different responses and, whenever possible, to present examples of ...
... Arctic vertebrates can adjust to cope with climaterelated changes (i.e., through their phenotypic plasticity) or adapt (via the differential selection of some genotypes) in many different ways. The aim of our paper is to review these different responses and, whenever possible, to present examples of ...
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... to test sustainability in practice. Many economists define sustainability as was done in the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED, 1987), the Bruntland Report. 1 It defines sustainable economic development as: “development that meets the needs of present generations wi ...
... to test sustainability in practice. Many economists define sustainability as was done in the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED, 1987), the Bruntland Report. 1 It defines sustainable economic development as: “development that meets the needs of present generations wi ...
Emergent properties of coupled human-environment sy
... subsystem recovers while the environmental subsystem does not. This may reflect the inherent fact that humans are more dependent on the environment than the environment is dependent on humans. Jim Heffernan and the Cambridge Group Students Jim and the Cambridge Students brought forth three main que ...
... subsystem recovers while the environmental subsystem does not. This may reflect the inherent fact that humans are more dependent on the environment than the environment is dependent on humans. Jim Heffernan and the Cambridge Group Students Jim and the Cambridge Students brought forth three main que ...
883) What controls the ability of species to respond (by
... sector, we still know little about prescriptions to recover wildlife in pastoral areas. 74) Do current and potential future agri-environment schemes have measurable effects on biodiversity, and if so, which species are net winners and losers? 75) How can landscape character and ecological priorities ...
... sector, we still know little about prescriptions to recover wildlife in pastoral areas. 74) Do current and potential future agri-environment schemes have measurable effects on biodiversity, and if so, which species are net winners and losers? 75) How can landscape character and ecological priorities ...
http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/md280e/md280e.pdf
... sector must adapt to the impacts of climate change in order to provide food security to the world’s growing population. At the same time agriculture must mitigate its contributions to climate change (13.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions) in order to slow the progression of this global cha ...
... sector must adapt to the impacts of climate change in order to provide food security to the world’s growing population. At the same time agriculture must mitigate its contributions to climate change (13.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions) in order to slow the progression of this global cha ...
Investigación sobre género y cambio climático en la agricultura y la seguridad alimentaria para el desarrollo rural
... sector must adapt to the impacts of climate change in order to provide food security to the world’s growing population. At the same time agriculture must mitigate its contributions to climate change (13.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions) in order to slow the progression of this global cha ...
... sector must adapt to the impacts of climate change in order to provide food security to the world’s growing population. At the same time agriculture must mitigate its contributions to climate change (13.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions) in order to slow the progression of this global cha ...
CHAPTER 8: Needs and Emerging Opportunities
... Agroforestry systems can support these ecosystem services by providing critical habitat resources for beneficial insects for biological pest control and for native pollinators to augment honey bee pollination. In addition, agroforestry practices can protect these valuable insects by reducing spray d ...
... Agroforestry systems can support these ecosystem services by providing critical habitat resources for beneficial insects for biological pest control and for native pollinators to augment honey bee pollination. In addition, agroforestry practices can protect these valuable insects by reducing spray d ...
The Construction of a Resource-saving Society in Hubei Based on
... 2.2 The ecological footprint and resource-saving society construction of Hubei First, Resource-saving society construction is a Development model under sustainable framework. It pursues efficient use of resources to meet maximum human needs under constraints of resources and environment. Ecological ...
... 2.2 The ecological footprint and resource-saving society construction of Hubei First, Resource-saving society construction is a Development model under sustainable framework. It pursues efficient use of resources to meet maximum human needs under constraints of resources and environment. Ecological ...
INFORMATION PAPER
... management, transfer and pooling, contingency measures, adaptation to climate change and climate resilient development. Financing is needed towards all these responses. Parties and organizations have reported experience with and lessons from a variety of financial instruments and tools that may b ...
... management, transfer and pooling, contingency measures, adaptation to climate change and climate resilient development. Financing is needed towards all these responses. Parties and organizations have reported experience with and lessons from a variety of financial instruments and tools that may b ...
4th Grade Science Pacing Guide First Semester 2016
... Resources: www.kathimitchell.com/cells.html *I can describe the flow of energy in food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids. *I can recognize the impact of predation and competition on an ecosystem. Re ...
... Resources: www.kathimitchell.com/cells.html *I can describe the flow of energy in food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids. *I can recognize the impact of predation and competition on an ecosystem. Re ...
Dialogues in Human Geography
... critique of poststructuralist/political ecology studies is admittedly less satisfactorily resolved. Specifically, if we agree that social structure and discourse are at least sometimes causally relevant, the question remains: is it practical or even desirable for analytical purposes to reduce or tra ...
... critique of poststructuralist/political ecology studies is admittedly less satisfactorily resolved. Specifically, if we agree that social structure and discourse are at least sometimes causally relevant, the question remains: is it practical or even desirable for analytical purposes to reduce or tra ...
CONSUMPTION AS AN ACTIVITY AND THE ROLE OF
... consumptive systems significantly depends therefore on the quality of the interactions between the system parts, and commodities are only one component among many others. The welfare deriving from socio-technical systems significantly depends on the social knowledge which is embodied in the design, ...
... consumptive systems significantly depends therefore on the quality of the interactions between the system parts, and commodities are only one component among many others. The welfare deriving from socio-technical systems significantly depends on the social knowledge which is embodied in the design, ...
Subject and Subject position in Laclau`s discourse theory Allan
... 105). But if all we have is the structural moment of subject positions, who or what are carrying out such articulation? Second, the concept of antagonism was defined as the impossibility of being what one is (Laclau and Mouffe, 18985: 125). This definition implies the possibility for a subject to id ...
... 105). But if all we have is the structural moment of subject positions, who or what are carrying out such articulation? Second, the concept of antagonism was defined as the impossibility of being what one is (Laclau and Mouffe, 18985: 125). This definition implies the possibility for a subject to id ...
AP Biology A: Ch 1, 52, 53 Test
... times of the year: early in spring when the oak trees are flowering and in midsummer when flowering is past. Caterpillars from eggs that hatch in spring feed on oak flowers and look like oak flowers. But caterpillars that hatch in summer feed on oak leaves and look like oak twigs. How does the same ...
... times of the year: early in spring when the oak trees are flowering and in midsummer when flowering is past. Caterpillars from eggs that hatch in spring feed on oak flowers and look like oak flowers. But caterpillars that hatch in summer feed on oak leaves and look like oak twigs. How does the same ...
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... and the intrinsic sensitivity of the impacted environmental components (organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems). Each organism (or group of organisms), in fact, shows specific ecological traits that make it more sensitive to certain disturbances than others (home range amplitude, sociability ...
... and the intrinsic sensitivity of the impacted environmental components (organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems). Each organism (or group of organisms), in fact, shows specific ecological traits that make it more sensitive to certain disturbances than others (home range amplitude, sociability ...
integrative framework for long term reinvestment planning for the
... This framework comprises a new set of methods, tools and agreements: a. Technical tools and methods such as an innovative method to estimate the end of the technical and functional lifetime of hydraulic structures, a new approach for stakeholder participation and the application of adaptive pathways ...
... This framework comprises a new set of methods, tools and agreements: a. Technical tools and methods such as an innovative method to estimate the end of the technical and functional lifetime of hydraulic structures, a new approach for stakeholder participation and the application of adaptive pathways ...
SudingMS_final_1007_RYS
... 1996; Lyons et al. 2005). Some functional effects are proportional to abundance, with effect ...
... 1996; Lyons et al. 2005). Some functional effects are proportional to abundance, with effect ...
Two Modes of Reasoning with Case Studies1
... The distinction is situated within a broadly Duhemian or Cartwrightian view of scientific theories as having a phenomenological and a theoretical level (Duhem 1954, Ch. 2; Cartwright 1983, pp. 1-20). The former consists of causal laws that are often experimentally established. In accordance with the ...
... The distinction is situated within a broadly Duhemian or Cartwrightian view of scientific theories as having a phenomenological and a theoretical level (Duhem 1954, Ch. 2; Cartwright 1983, pp. 1-20). The former consists of causal laws that are often experimentally established. In accordance with the ...