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Syndromes: in search of generic patterns of vulnerability and resilience
A fragmented, disciplinary approach does not work in sustainability science. A broader perspective transcending disciplinary boundaries is needed. One framework to investigate global change phenomena in such a broader, problem-oriented setting is the syndrome approach, […]
Demographic and territorial overshoot: India and Russia
India since the 16 th century
Several historical accounts reinforce the impression that large populations of humans were living close to the environment’s carrying capacity and went through periods of severe food shortages and associated violence […]
Environmental history: an empirical reconstruction of collapse
The story of Easter Island is, rightly or wrongly, one of the archetypical examples of how a human population on a finite island with a fragile environment can overexploit its environment and as a consequence […]
From private to public transport: lock-in dynamics
The car as a lock-in
The car has gained a dominant position in present-day mobility and transport, not in the least because the costs of pollution, noise, accidents, congestion and use of space are not or […]
Guest post: Devnadi – the River of God
The firm house lingers, though averse to square
with the new city street it has to wear A number in.
But what about the brook
that held the house as in an elbow-crook?
I ask as one who knew […]