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Illustrating the coupled human-environment system for vulnerability analysis: Three Case Studies.
Climate change, interactive changes and stresses in the Arctic 2010
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The research interests of Eric Lambin include the monitoring of land-cover changes by remote sensing, and the modeling of land-use changes and some of their impacts on coupled human-environment systems.
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She edits two multi-volume book series, A Cultural History of the Human Body and A Cultural History of Animals (a six volume book series on the history of the relationship between humans and other animals) and Human Ecology Review, an academic journal that publishes theory and research on human-environment interactions.
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In drawing on the findings of previous chapters, this chapter further pursues the current understanding of human-environment interlinkages.
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Identification and assessment of key human-environment interlinkages needs to take into account that most social and biophysical systems are characterized by dynamic system properties.
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Using the set of opportunities for reducing vulnerability in human-environment systems and improving human well-being presented in Chapter 7, Figure 9.1 illustrates the strength of the investments targeted to these opportunities.
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Fig 9.1 Strength of investments in opportunities to reduce vulnerability in human-environment systems and improving human well being.
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Vulnerability analysis helps to examine the sensitivity of a human-environment system (such as a watershed or coastal town) to various social and environmental changes, and its ability to adapt or accommodate such changes.
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Changes go on, but the rate of change declines, indicating a potential turning point in human-environment relations.
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There is a narrow focus on the sustainability of markets rather than on the broader human-environment system.
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