Humans and the environment form a single complex system where humans not only
influence ecosystems but also react to them. Despite this, there are far fewer coupled human …

There are widespread concerns that current trends in resource-use are unsustainable, but
possibilities of overshoot/collapse remain controversial. Collapses have occurred frequently …

Urban resilience against disasters represents a key issue for contemporary society. The
increasing complexity of cities along with more severe threats induced by climate change is …

A review of papers related to cambium activity and wood formation in tropical and
subtropical trees and their response to climate in South America, tropical Africa, Southwest …

Abstract Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) presents a quintessential case where the tempo of
investment in monumentality is central to debates regarding societal collapse, with the …

The complex interactions and feedbacks between humans and water are critically important
issues but remain poorly understood in the newly proposed discipline of socio-hydrology …

This paper focuses on growth feasibility in an era of increasing scarcity of fossil fuels. A
stylised dynamic model illustrates the implications of investing in smooth technological …

We study the interactions between technological change, resource scarcity and population
dynamics in a Schumpeterian model with endogenous fertility. We find a steady state in …

Why do climate and financial crises pose such extreme risks? And what does it take to
respond effectively to those risks? Extreme weather events–storms and sea-level rise, heat …

The dependence of humans on nature has come into focus as the human population
continues to grow, resources diminish and production technology stagnates–threatening …