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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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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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Adaptation to and Recovery from Global Catastrophe
Maher, Timothy M.; Baum, Seth D. - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 4, pp. 1461-1479
proceed and makes connections to several lines of research. Research on resilience theory is considered in detail and used to … method can help identify options for increasing survivor resilience and promoting successful adaptation and recovery. A key …
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A Method for Gauging Landscape Change as a Prelude to Urban Watershed Regeneration: The Case of the Carioca River, Rio de Janeiro
Schlee, Mônica Bahia; Tamminga, Kenneth R.; Tangari, … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 9, pp. 2054-2098
respond to change and disturbance is fundamental to building appropriate management strategies and fostering resilience …
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Incremental Change, Transition or Transformation? Optimising Change Pathways for Climate Adaptation in Spatial Planning
Roggema, Rob; Vermeend, Tim; Dobbelsteen, Andy van den - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 10, pp. 2525-2549
In order to incorporate climate adaptation in spatial planning change is required, because climate change impacts the way we live. This implies that spatial planning, as the arranger of the spatial organisation and layout needs to be able to support this change. Current spatial planning is not...
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A Multi-Scalar Examination of Law for Sustainable Ecosystems
Green, Olivia Odom; Garmestani, Ahjond S.; Hopton, … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 6, pp. 3534-3551
The loss of resilience in social-ecological systems has the capacity to decrease essential ecosystem services, posing …
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Towards Sustainable Cities: Extending Resilience with Insights from Vulnerability and Transition Theory
Seeliger, Leanne; Turok, Ivan - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 5, pp. 2108-2128
ecological cycles within cities makes it impossible to predict outcomes. Resilience theory, with its engineering, multi …
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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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