Natural hazards present a ubiquitous challenge to the successful practice of viticulture. This article reports on the results of a research study conducted to ascertain the effects of natural hazards on viticulture in Texas. It examines the locational differences in the types of natural hazards that ...
In converting this knowledge into societal climate action, research organisations face the challenge of reforming the ways they structure themselves, generate solutions, and communicate scientific findings to stakeholders. Here we present a mission-driven approach to guide those efforts. Daniel Adshead ...
On the installation of the Mediterranean climate In the western Mediterranean the reconstruction of the Holocene climate must take into account the heterogeneity of vegetation, the specificity of summer drought and the respective roles of climate, soils and historical hazards in the pl... A Pons,P...
As a result, the scope and reliability of statistical inferences which can be made from disaster data are reduced5. Systematic reporting of disaster events is required to minimise missing data. However, to achieve this is a major challenge. Instead, the use of valid and often complex ...
2015). This is a challenge particularly in Madagascar, where the thick lateritic soil cover (regolith) resulting from a deep chemical weathering of the crystalline bedrock and the high rainfall intensity in the rainy season often result in flooding, landslides, gullying, and soil erosion (Thomas ...
1). It is a challenge, and it may take years to overcome all the obstacles on the way. But what are the alternatives, and what could they mean for the continuation of the European Union construction? In September 2020, the new European Action Plan on Raw Materials has been officially ...
Urban green space, public health, and environmental justice: the challenge of making cities ‘just green enough’ Landscape Urban Plann., 125 (2014), pp. 234-244 View PDFView articleView in ScopusGoogle Scholar Wright et al., 2017 W.C. Wright, F.V. Eppink, S. Greenhalgh Are ecosystem ...
The latter poses a severe challenge, since the transfer of knowledge between formal and informal institution often does not take place. These distinct features of CAS seem to be well suited for applying a systemic perspective on cities in the risk governance context. The general applicability of ...
The country population data were obtained from World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision. The 1 km resolution Gridded Population of the World collection (fourth version; GPWv4), which was adjusted to the national-level population counts estimated by the UN, was obtained from the Socioecono...
Loneliness—the subjective experience of social disconnection—is now widely regarded as a health risk factor. However, whether the associations between loneliness and multiple diseases are consistent with causal effects remains largely unexplored. Here