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Assessing resilience to climate change in the US cities
(2012-03-09)
In the face of uncertainties associated with climate change, building adaptive capacity and resilience at the community level emerges as an essential and timely element of local planning. However, key social factors that ...
Farmers' Perceived Vulnerability and Proactive versus Reactive Climate Change Adaptation in Chile's Maule Region
(MDPI, 2021)
Changes in climatic conditions are unavoidable and irreversible and an early and effective adaptation in farming systems will be vital for resilient agriculture. Although the extant literature has described factors that ...
Climate change and environmental planning: Working to build community resilience and adaptive capacity in Washington State, USA
(07/01/2009)
This work focuses on the efforts being made by King County, Washington to respond to the challenges of global climate change, concentrating on both mitigation and adaptation. King County is a leader in the United States ...
Green infrastructure, ecosystem services and their contributions to address climate change in cities: the case of the coastal corridor of the river Mapocho in Santiago de Chile
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Ins. Geografía, 2016)
The paper discusses the arguments in favor of urban green infrastructure and the provision of ecosystem services as key components of urban-ecological systems resilient to climate change. The analytical framework developed ...
A vaca leiteira e as mudanças climáticas globais
(2015-01-01)
High producing dairy cows are more sensitive to heat stress due mainly to their higher resting metabolic rate as compared to low producing and dry cows. Their responses to increasing levels of the temperature-humidity and ...
Mitigation of vibrations in adaptive optics by minimization of closed-loop residuals
(OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 2013)
Comparison of vibration mitigation controllers for adaptive optics systems
(OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 2012)