Urbanisation as driver of food system transformation and opportunities for rural livelihoods

S de Bruin, J Dengerink, J van Vliet - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
Urbanisation is changing food systems globally, and in particular in sub-Saharan Africa and
South Asia. This transformation can affect rural livelihoods in multiple ways. Evidence on …

Big Data for transportation and mobility: recent advances, trends and challenges

AI Torre‐Bastida, J Del Ser, I Laña… - IET Intelligent …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Big Data is an emerging paradigm and has currently become a strong attractor of global
interest, specially within the transportation industry. The combination of disruptive …

Action needed to make carbon offsets from forest conservation work for climate change mitigation

TAP West, S Wunder, EO Sills, J Börner, SW Rifai… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Carbon offsets from voluntary avoided-deforestation projects are generated on the basis of
performance in relation to ex ante deforestation baselines. We examined the effects of 26 …

Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

P Meyfroidt, A De Bremond, CM Ryan… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation,
climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we …

Global maps of travel time to healthcare facilities

DJ Weiss, A Nelson, CA Vargas-Ruiz, K Gligorić… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Access to healthcare is a requirement for human well-being that is constrained, in part, by
the allocation of healthcare resources relative to the geographically dispersed human …

The scales of human mobility

L Alessandretti, U Aslak, S Lehmann - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
There is a contradiction at the heart of our current understanding of individual and collective
mobility patterns. On the one hand, a highly influential body of literature on human mobility …

A global evaluation of the effectiveness of voluntary REDD+ projects at reducing deforestation and degradation in the moist tropics

A Guizar‐Coutiño, JPG Jones, A Balmford… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) projects aim to
contribute to climate change mitigation by protecting and enhancing carbon stocks in …

Infrastructure inequality is a characteristic of urbanization

B Pandey, C Brelsford, KC Seto - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Urbanization can challenge sustainable development if it produces unequal outcomes.
Infrastructure is an important urbanization dimension, providing services to support diverse …

The neglected role of abandoned cropland in supporting both food security and climate change mitigation

Q Zheng, T Ha, AV Prishchepov, Y Zeng, H Yin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the looming land scarcity for agriculture, cropland abandonment is widespread
globally. Abandoned cropland can be reused to support food security and climate change …

Drivers of global mangrove loss and gain in social-ecological systems

V Hagger, TA Worthington, CE Lovelock… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mangrove forests store high amounts of carbon, protect communities from storms, and
support fisheries. Mangroves exist in complex social-ecological systems, hence identifying …