There is a growing consensus that transdisciplinary environmental networks are required to
generate knowledge of the dynamics of coupled human–natural systems (CHAN s) and to …

On the Ground• Agroecosystem research often focuses on biophysical processes and
productivity without incorporating human dimensions research and/or stakeholder …

Recent decades have seen an exponential growth in the physical impacts and losses due to
natural disasters stemming from climatological events such as flooding and hurricanes and …

Transdisciplinary research is changing the way research is conducted and supported by
incorporating linkages between disciplinary fields, across geographic boundaries, and …

More than half of the world's people now live in cities. In the United States, the figure is 80
percent. It is worthwhile to consider how this trend of increased urbanization, if inevitable …

The addition of two urban sites, based in Baltimore, Maryland, and Phoenix, Arizona, to the
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program in 1997, posed challenges for creating a …

Abstract Analysis of current works and trends in geography is conducted, with emphasis on
human-environment and nature-society geography (HE-NS) in order to identify areas of …

● Learning from regional comparisons of adaptive responses to extreme variations in
freshwater availability can provide exchanges of innovative policies. In addition, some …

There is a growing consensus that transdisciplinary environmental networks are required to
generate knowledge of the dynamics of coupled human–natural systems (CHANs) and to …

This book started with the premise that to develop sustainable communities on a sustainable
planet, an infrastructure should exist that enables scientists to monitor local human …