The concept of resilience acknowledges the ability of societies to live and develop with
dynamic environments. Given the recognition of the need to prepare for anticipated and …

Sustainability is a key challenge for humanity in the 21st century. Ecosystem services—the
benefits that people derive from nature and natural capital—is a concept often used to help …

Improving our ability to manage complex, rapidly changing social-ecological systems is one
of the defining challenges of the 21st century. This is particularly crucial if large-scale …

In this paper, a new stakeholder-based framework is proposed for groundwater resources
management in arid regions. In this framework, rough set theory is used for the probabilistic …

The ocean is threatened by climate change, overexploitation, pollution, habitat loss, and
other pressures as well as their cumulative impacts. Over 60% of the ocean that lies in areas …

The governance of the two-thirds of the world's ocean in areas beyond national jurisdiction
(the high seas and deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction or ABNJ) is currently …

Understanding how to sustain the services that ecosystems provide in support of human
wellbeing is an active and growing research area. This book provides a state-of-the-art …

Better integration of resilience and climate change adaptation can help building climate-
resilient development. Yet, resilience and adaptation to climate change have evolved largely …

Urban drainage systems (UDSs) may experience failure encountering uncertain future
conditions. These uncertainties arise from internal and external threats such as …

Biodiversity management in Ecuador, and across Latin America, focuses on using protected
areas for conservation purposes. However, this management strategy does not adequately …