Many of the world’s impoverished communities rely on the environment for their livelihoods. Dominant livelihood approaches focus on increasing incomes and trigger processes that disregard underlying ...

Drawing on complex systems theory, this book investigates how human societies deal with change in linked social-ecological systems, and build capacity to adapt to change. The concept of resilience is ...

Here we establish and enforce community standards and strive for consistent consequences when standards are violated. The Social Ecological Model attends to the aforementioned levels creating ...

It is usually the case that scientists examine either ecological systems or social systems, yet the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the problems of environmental management and sustainable ...

noise - yarn, knitting and weaving manufacturing can be loud waste disposal - this must be dealt with responsibly, especially any hazardous chemicals like some used in cotton production child ...

This book tells the story of the design that spawned the Crif21 building in Bologna, Italy, in the process revealing how ...

Supply and demand can cause issues for forest management. If the customer demands more timber because of an increase in purchasing, a forest management organisation could struggle as trees will ...

Sng’s findings challenge traditional notions of stereotypes, emphasizing the need for a more nuanced understanding of how ...