Narrow and brittle or broad and nimble? Comparing adaptive capacity in simplifying and diversifying farming systems

M Petersen-Rockney, P Baur, A Guzman… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Humanity faces a triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss, and global food insecurity.
In response, increasing the general adaptive capacity of farming systems is essential. We …

Resilience to climate variability: the role of perceptions and traditional knowledge in the Colombian Andes

CA Córdoba Vargas, S Hortua Romero… - … and Sustainable Food …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Adaptive capacity and transformation to climate variability not only depend on the
environmental conditions of a farm, but on the way in which farmers are able to face and …

Pathways to urban transformation: From dispossession to climate justice

KP Henrique, P Tschakert - Progress in Human Geography, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Cities in the Global South are quintessential sites for climate adaptation; many are rapidly
expanding, struggle with increasing inequalities and experience unprecedented harm from …

[HTML][HTML] Urban nexus and transformative pathways towards a resilient Gauteng City-Region, South Africa

L Nhamo, L Rwizi, S Mpandeli, J Botai, J Magidi… - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
Challenges emanating from rapid urbanisation require innovative strategies to transform
cities into global climate action and adaptation centres. We provide an analysis of the …

Integrating a hydrological model into regional water policies: Co-creation of climate change dynamic adaptive policy pathways for water resources in southern …

LF Dias, BA Aparício, JP Nunes, I Morais… - … Science & Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Irrigation is essential for a large part of Mediterranean agricultural systems, but scarce
resources may cause conflicts between agricultural and domestic uses. These conflicts …

Historical reconfigurations of a social–ecological system adapting to economic, policy and climate changes in the French Alps

E Bruley, B Locatelli, F Vendel, A Bergeret… - Regional environmental …, 2021 - Springer
To ensure their quality of life, people adapt to multiple changes by maintaining or
transforming the structure and functions of their socio-ecological systems (SES). A better …

Farmers adapt to climate change irrespective of stated belief in climate change: a California case study

M Petersen-Rockney - Climatic Change, 2022 - Springer
Farmers are front-line workers managing climatic change. As in many parts of the world,
climate change in northern California is threatening natural resource-dependent …

Planned relocation: Pluralistic and integrated science and governance

RH Moss, PM Reed, A Hadjimichael, J Rozenberg - Science, 2021 - science.org
Although relocation of human populations is nothing new, global environmental changes
such as climate change, sea level rise, and land use change are increasing the likelihood of …

Experience is not enough: A dynamic explanation of the limited adaptation to extreme weather events in public organizations

F Zhang, S Maroulis - Global Environmental Change, 2021 - Elsevier
This study advances theory articulating the micro-level processes behind public
organization adaptation to extreme weather. It tackles a persistent puzzle about the limited …

Not all extreme weather events are equal: Impacts on risk perception and adaptation in public transit agencies

F Zhang - Climatic Change, 2022 - Springer
Prior research widely emphasizes the role of risk perception in motivating proactive
adaptation to extreme weather events. This study advances the literature by studying …