The varied effects of recent extreme weather events around the world exemplify the uneven
impacts of climate change on populations, even within relatively small geographic regions …

The ocean is a key component of the Earth system (Chapter 1) as it provides essential life
supporting services (Inniss et al. 2017). For example, it stores heat trapped in the …

Regional land use transitions driven by the adaptive reconciliation of existing land use
conflict with socioeconomic development can lead to positive economic effects as well as …

The Northern Great Plains (NGP) region plays a very important role in providing water and
land resources and other critical ecosystem services to support rural livelihoods. Semi-arid …

A growing body of research focuses on identifying patterns among human populations most
at risk from hazards such as wildfire and the factors that help explain performance of …

Coastal Virginia, a region with economic and strategic significance at the state and national
level, has been experiencing the highest sea-level rise (SLR) on the Atlantic coast of the …

Managers are increasingly being asked to integrate climate change adaptation into public
land management. The literature discusses a range of adaptation approaches, including …

Land use and land cover (LULC) under improper land management is a major challenge in
sub-Saharan Africa and has drastically affected ecological security. Addressing …

Although natural resource managers are concerned about climate change, many are unable
to adequately incorporate climate change science into their adaptation strategies or …

This paper pursues a methodological objective, developing and validating a structured
approach for the recognition of areas under the highest levels of drought risk, suitable for …