Understanding Feasibility in Climate Change Adaptation Planning: Structural-Functionalism and the Neglect of Governance in Complex Adaptive Systems Inspired Forest Sector Vulnerability Assessments

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Wellstead ◽  
Mike P. Howlett
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Complex Adaptive Systems ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
Adaptation Planning ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Vulnerability Assessments ◽  
Complex Adaptive ◽  
Structural Functionalism

scholarly journals Plankton modelling and CLAW

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Cropp ◽  
John Norbury
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Mathematical Modelling ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Complex Adaptive Systems ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
Environmental Context ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
Complex Adaptive

Environmental context. The prospect of human-induced climate change provides a compelling imperative for an improved understanding of living systems, especially those involving ocean plankton that are proposed to have an important role in regulating climate. Ecosystems are complex, adaptive systems and mathematical modelling has proved to be a powerful tool in understanding such systems. The present article considers some of the fundamental issues currently constraining such understanding with particular consideration to modelling ecosystems that underpin the CLAW hypothesis and how they might behave in response to global warming.

scholarly journals Soil micromorphology and the Anthropocene—Cross-scale connections and technology trends .

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis Monger ◽  
Peter H. Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Complex Adaptive Systems ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
Diagnostic Feature ◽  
Soil Micromorphology ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Human Footprint ◽  
Profound Influence ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Complex Adaptive

The Anthropocene is a proposed geologic time period used to convey the profound influence humanity is having on the environmental systems of Earth. The term is controversial because of uncertainties about when to designate its beginning and whether a diagnostic feature of this era survive millions of years into the future. Still, the Anthropocene has captured the imagination of many scientists and provides a framework for analyzing the broad-scale impacts of humanity. The purpose of this paper is to explore how soil micromorphology can contribute to a deeper understanding of the Anthropocene. We approached this issue by systematically examining how data gathered at the micromorphology scale is connected to data obtained at the soil profile, landscape, and global scales. In particular we look at world food production, climate change, groundwater pollution, and plastic decomposition. From this cross-scale analysis it becomes apparent that micromorphology (1) contributes to an understanding of feedbacks operating in complex adaptive systems and (2) provides evidence otherwise invisible for making inferences about climate change. As the human footprint increases, soil micromorphology, using both traditional and emerging technologies, can make a unique contribution to understanding the Anthropocene.

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