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Scale-crossing brokers: new theoretical tools to analyze adaptive capacity

Together with colleagues from Stockholm University we have just published an article in Ecology and Society called: Scale-crossing brokers and network governance of urban ecosystem services: the case of Stockholm Henrik Ernstson, Stephan Barthel, Erik Andersson and Sara T. Borgström, Ecology … Continue reading

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Nile Delta at Night

Nile River Delta at Night from NASA’s EOS image of the day.  They write: The Nile River and its delta look like a brilliant, long-stemmed flower in this astronaut photograph of the southeastern Mediterranean Sea, as seen from the International … Continue reading

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Reflections on urban resilience

Two recent reflections on resilience in cities, which use different definitions of resilience than the resilience alliance.  The first focuses on resilience as social trust and while the second on resilience as persistence. Arjun Appadurai on the Immanent Frame writes: … Continue reading

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