Essays about: "alternate regimes"

Found 5 essays containing the words alternate regimes.

  1. 1. A spatiotemporal analysis of coral reef regimes and fish herbivory across the Hawaiian Archipelago

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Emmy Wassénius; [2017]
    Keywords : Coral reef; Herbivory; Regime Shift; Hawaii; Functional space;

    Abstract : Coral reefs can undergo shifts to alternative ecological regimes (or states) when exposed to stress. Acquiring a deeper understanding of when coral reefs become increasingly vulnerable to such shifts (i.e. READ MORE

  3. 2. Aiding Democracy in Tension: A study of the relationship between Official Development Assistance and Quality of Democracy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alexandra Håkansson Schmidt; [2016]
    Keywords : Democracy; Democratic quality; Development; Foreign aid; Trade-offs; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to bring further understanding to the contested relationship between development aid and democracy. By introducing quality of democracy as an alternate measure to the ones previously used, the ambition is to approach the subject from a new perspective. READ MORE

  4. 3. Impacts of Agriculturally-driven Regime Shifts on Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being

    University essay from Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Christine Hammond; [2012]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Regime shifts are large, abrupt, persistent changes in the structure and function of ecosystems that may have substantial consequences for human well-being. In agricultural ecosystems, examples of regime shifts include soil salinization, lake eutrophication and bush encroachment. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Regime Shift Analysis of Poverty Traps in sub-Saharan Africa : Identifying key feedbacks and leverage points for change

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Musumbu Tshimpanga Johnny; [2012]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Poverty traps; sub-Saharan Africa; smallholder agrarian agricultural systems; regime shifts; feedbacks; drivers; leverage points; transformation; and sustainable livelihoods.;

    Abstract : Smallholder livestock keeping and agriculture systems in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) seem to be caught into poverty traps, in as much as they cannot any longer provide ecosystem services on which local communities depend for their survival. I used a regime shifts framework to carry out a thorough assessment of these two case studies in arid and semi-arid lands and smallholder by identifying relevant traps and alternate desirable regimes. READ MORE

  6. 5. Is cropland-dominance in landscapes an alternate social-ecological regime? : An empirical exploration of patterns in global cropland cover data

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Daniel Ospina Medina; [2012]
    Keywords : alternate regimes; land use cover change; social–ecological systems; reinforcing feedbacks; multimodality; croplands;

    Abstract : Land use/cover change (LUCC) is a major force affecting ecosystems and the services theyprovide at local, regional and global levels. Traditionally, LUCC has been approached as aseries of linear and unidirectional single cause–effect processes, but it is now increasinglyincorporating notions from complex systems to enrich this view. READ MORE