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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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Global energy use : decoupling or convergence?

Csereklyei, Zsuzsanna; Stern, David I. - In: Energy economics 51 (2015), pp. 633-641

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Will history repeat itself? : economic convergence and convergence in energy use patterns

Jakob, Michael; Haller, Markus; Marschinski, Robert - In: Energy economics 34 (2012) 1, pp. 95-104

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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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Building livelihood resilience: a case study of factors affecting farm households’ adoption of coping and adaptive strategies in rural Nigeria

Oparinde, Adewale; Hodge, Ian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Recent research on social and ecological resilience has recognised the importance of identifying opportunities in … a livelihood has potential for maximising livelihood resilience and minimising vulnerabilities. This paper takes an … capacities; and argues that these elements may also have potential for maintaining livelihood resilience in the rural area. …

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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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