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Klimaresilienz durch Agrobiodiversität? Literaturstudie zum Zusammenhang zwischen Elementen der Agrobiodiversität und der Empfindlichkeit von landwirtschaftlichen Produktionssystem...
Petersen, Ute; Weigel, Hans-Joachim - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2015
.B. vielfältige Gehölz-Strukturen meist in Kombination mit ökologischer oder konservierender Bewirtschaftung für eine höhere Resilienz … practices contribute to a comparatively high resilience towards intense rain events and flooding. In the temperate zone with its …
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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...
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TIC, soutenabilité et stratégie territoriale des villes durables : le cas des EcoCités en France ICT, Sustainability and Territorial Strategy of Sustainable Cities: The EcoCities i...
ATTOUR, Amel; DEPRET, Marc-Hubert - Laboratoire de Recherche sur l'Industrie et … - 2013
Cet article traite du cas des villes urbaines et de la manière dont développement durable (DD), technologies de l'information et de la Communication (TIC) et stratégie territoriale se combinent au niveau local. Il définit, dans une première partie, les notions de durabilité, de ville...
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2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....
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2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960211
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Indice Globale della Fame 2014: La sfida della fame nascosta
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
A un anno dalla scadenza per il raggiungimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo del Millennio, fissata nel 2015, l’Indice Globale della Fame 2014 offre una prospettiva articolata del problema della fame nel mondo, che porta nuovi spunti al dibattito mondiale rispetto a dove concentrare gli sforzi...
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The pentagon of vulnerability and resilience: A methodological proposal in development economics by using graph theory
Bates, Samuel; Angeon, Valérie; Ainouche, Ahmed - In: Economic Modelling 42 (2014) C, pp. 445-453
Several assessments of vulnerability and resilience have been attempted at a country level through composite indices … network of variables that depict vulnerability and resilience from a sustainable development perspective. Vulnerability is … defined as the propensity to incur adverse shocks whereas resilience is the capacity to cope with their negative effects. We …
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Securing a sustainable future through a new global contract between rich and poor
Lange, Willem J. de; Wise, Russell M.; Nahman, Anton - In: Sustainable Development 18 (2010) 6, pp. 374-384
Global sustainable development depends on the capacity of natural, social and economic systems to adapt to external stimuli. However, building this adaptive capacity in the developing world context of sub-Saharan Africa will require substantial investment in these systems, which most countries...
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Reviewing Composite Vulnerability and Resilience Indexes: A Sustainable Approach and Application
Angeona, Valérie; Bates, Samuel - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2015
Vulnerability–resilience indexes fail to grasp all dimensions of sustainability, whereas sustainable development has … gained momentum. We fill this gap with a hierarchical multimetric composite index (Net Vulnerability Resilience Index: NVRI … vulnerability and resilience are policy-responsive and that (ii) there is no determinism for a country to remain vulnerable or …
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