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Contextualizing living with water: a systematic review
Waterfronts are considered attractive settlement locations that provide pathways to trade, sources of fresh water, food, and other environmental and...
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Measuring Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors
This chapter provides an overview of the theoretical approaches to environmental attitudes and behaviors. It includes a discussion of different...
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The Exposome Research Program and Nutrition: The Example of Celiac Disease
The exposome is an emerging research program that studies the relationships between living organisms, environmental exposures and the onset of...
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The Sea Swallowed our Houses and Rice Fields: The Vulnerability to Climate Change of Coastal People in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Guinea-Bissau remains among the African countries most vulnerable to climate change due to its flat topography and large meandering coastal area...
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Residents’ Perspectives in Smart Tourism Destinations Development: A Theoretical Approach
This research aims to identify the resident’s perspectives concerning the development of smart tourism destinations, considering the use of...
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Environment and Natural Resources Economics: Overview
This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the background of natural resource and environmental economics and its connotation, and analyzes...
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A Heritage Without Boundaries: Nature-Culture Synergies in and around Norwegian Protected Landscapes
We address the question of nature-culture synergies in protected mountain landscapes with a specific focus on the Norwegian National Park of...
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Environmental Challenges, Disaster Risk, and Social Policy for Women of Pakistan
This chapter covers environmental and disaster management policy for women of Pakistan. Women and girls in the country face comparatively greater...
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Vision and Verticality A Multidisciplinary Approach
This rich and accessible volume maps current debates within the expanded field of image-based, vertical analysis. With contributions from astronauts,...
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Community Resilience by Repair: Skilling At-Risk Youth for Social Impact and Environmental Sustainability
Regional communities were traditionally skilled to repair and repurpose things out of necessity, due to having less access to services than urban...
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Framing Adaptation to Rapid Change in the Arctic
A safe operating space for Indigenous reindeer herders in the Circumpolar North must be the main priority for the governance of the Arctic and...
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Environmental Justice in Europe
This chapter examines the broadening concepts and meaning of environmental justice in terms of Europe in the era of ecological and climate emergency....
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Environmental Migration Scholarship and Policy: Recent Progress, Future Challenges
This chapter reviews the evolution of environmental migration research over recent decades and summarizes key conceptual developments. It identifies...
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The Legitimacy of Sustainability Initiatives in Tanzania
In this article, we examine selected sustainability initiatives from the perspective of local communities to improve our understanding of how...
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Agriculture, Environment and Development: International Perspectives and a Critical Agenda of Investigation
Agri-food production and agrarian development constitute some of the most challenging areas of public policymaking, ecological conservation and...
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Governance, Mobility, and Pastureland Ecology. An Eco-Anthropological Study of Three Pastoral Commons in Northeastern Andalusia
Community-based natural resource governance is increasingly valued by the leading international organizations that promote environmental conservation...
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A socio-anthropological insight on the Agulu-Nanka gully disaster and the dilemma of cultural continuity among the indigenes of Nanka of South East Nigeria
Disaster impact assessment studies in develo** countries, specifically Nigeria, has increased significantly in the past 15 years and this could be...
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Rural Development for Sustainable Social-ecological Systems Putting Communities First
This book provides an overview of interdisciplinary approaches that have applied social science to research focused on issues around food,...
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Comparing Climate Politics and Adaptation Strategies in African Cities: Challenges and Opportunities in the State-Community Divide
Residents of African municipalities exhibit a lengthy and varied history of co** with conditions of pervasive precarity and uncertainty in the...
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Celebration of Public Festivals Toward Sustainable Development: A Perceptual Study
India has rich culture and tradition of celebration of diversified festivals with belief and faith. It helps to inculcate cultural and traditional...