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and development projects involvingnatural resourcestaking place in indigenous peoples’ territories, including mining and hydroelectric projects; threats to indigenous peoples’ sacred places or areas of cultural significance owing to competing interests on those same lands; removals of indigenous peoplesfromth...
The notion that resources are “cultural appraisals” of the nonhuman world is foundational to a geographical approach, although inadequate on its own. This idea can be traced in the writings of 19th-Century political economists such as Ricardo and Mill but was concisely articulated in a phrase ...
Many citizens of the world are keenly aware of the intersecting forces that threaten social, economic, and ecological systems, including: (1) climate change; (2) novel coronaviruses; (3) racism and cultural ethnocentrism; and, (4) rising wealth inequality. These forces ripple across the globe,...
Environmental consultants use field computers and mobile GIS/GPS for a myriad of applications while conducting surveys, creating mitigation plans, verifying environmental regulatory compliance, and consulting for federal and state natural and cultural resource management agencies. ...
According to the United States Natural Resources Conservation Council, soil health is defined as “the continued capacity of soil to function as a vital living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and humans”. From: Nano-Enabled Sustainable and Precision Agriculture, 2023 ...
• Political (Political policy and stability as well as trade, fiscal, and taxation policies) • Economical (Interest rates, employment or unemployment rates, raw material costs, and foreign exchange rates) • Social (Changing family demographics, education levels, cultural trends, attitude change...
Natural resourcesmeans all land, fish, shellfish, wildlife, biota, CAISO Global Resource IDmeans the number or name assigned by the CAISO to the CAISO- Approved Meter. Cultural resourcesmeans archaeological and historic sites and artifacts, and traditional religious, ceremonial and social uses and ...
Kubalíková L, Bajer A (2018) Geotourism within urban areas: new ways of promotion of natural and cultural heritage (case study from Brno City). In: Svobodová H (ed) Proceedings of 25th Central European Conference ‒ Useful Geography: Transfer from Research to Practice. Masarykova univerzi...
(Kusumasari et al., 2010). Institutions are able to adopt vulnerability reduction strategies, but these decisions are often influenced by political and cultural factors (Pescaroli and Alexander, 2016) and depend on the effectiveness of pre-emergency planning (Henstra, 2010). Local governments, ...