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A Proposed Methodology for Prioritizing Project Effects to Include in Cost-Benefit Analysis Using Resilience, Vulnerability and Risk Perception

Ortega, Saúl Torres; Hanley, Nick; Simal, Pedro Diaz - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 7945-7966

resilience, vulnerability and risk, we suggest a method for prioritizing project impacts for inclusion in a CBA, which includes …

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Evaluating the Sustainability of a Small-Scale Low-Input Organic Vegetable Supply System in the United Kingdom

Markussen, Mads V.; Kulak, Michal; Smith, Laurence G.; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 4, pp. 1913-1945

Resource use and environmental impacts of a small-scale low-input organic vegetable supply system in the United Kingdom were assessed by emergy accounting and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The system consisted of a farm with high crop diversity and a related box-scheme distribution system. We...

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General Resilience to Cope with Extreme Events

Carpenter, Stephen R.; Arrow, Kenneth J.; Barrett, Scott; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 12, pp. 3248-3259

Resilience to specified kinds of disasters is an active area of research and practice. However, rare or unprecedented … disturbances that are unusually intense or extensive require a more broad-spectrum type of resilience. General resilience is the …. Conditions that enable general resilience include diversity, modularity, openness, reserves, feedbacks, nestedness, monitoring …

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Social Capital and Longitudinal Change in Sustainability Plans and Policies: U.S. Cities from 2000 to 2010

Pierce, John; Lovrich, Nicholas; Johnson, Bonnie; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2013) 1, pp. 136-157

This study examines changes from 2000 to 2010 in the adoption of sustainability plans and policies in a sample of U.S. cities. The study’s framework posits sustainability initiatives as communitarian outcomes intended to meet the needs of both current and future generations. We hypothesize,...

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The Rise, Fall and Potential Resilience Benefits of Jatropha in Southern Africa

Maltitz, Graham von; Gasparatos, Alexandros; Fabricius, … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 6, pp. 3615-3643

-term sustainability is not proven, both projects may increase resilience by diversifying household income streams and contributing to … still enhance local/national resilience or are jatropha’s benefits just a myth? …

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The Environmental Impacts of Sprawl: Emergent Themes from the Past Decade of Planning Research

Wilson, Bev; Chakraborty, Arnab - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 8, pp. 3302-3327

sprawl research published in planning journals over the past decade frequently engages with broader themes of resilience and …

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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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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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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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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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