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View article: Beyond pipes and budgets: Mapping uncertainty and crafting scenarios for transformative water adaptation
Beyond pipes and budgets: Mapping uncertainty and crafting scenarios for transformative water adaptation Open
This paper advances the field of climate adaptation by addressing two persistent challenges: navigating multiple forms of uncertainty and enabling the construction of actionable future scenarios. Using a methodology grounded in Decision Ma…
View article: Revisiting winners and losers in the rewilding of a marginal mountain landscape: two decades of change and the role of fire
Revisiting winners and losers in the rewilding of a marginal mountain landscape: two decades of change and the role of fire Open
Rewilding is increasingly promoted as a nature-based solution to biodiversity loss and climate change, yet its long-term ecological outcomes remain poorly understood—particularly in fire-prone Mediterranean landscapes. Building on a previo…
View article: Structuring uncertainty to improve climate change management success
Structuring uncertainty to improve climate change management success Open
This paper advances the field of climate adaptation by addressing two persistent challenges: navigating multiple forms of uncertainty and enabling the construction of actionable future scenarios. Using a methodology grounded in Decision Ma…
View article: Using exploratory modeling to challenge narratives of risk governance in Mexico City
Using exploratory modeling to challenge narratives of risk governance in Mexico City Open
Achieving more sustainable adaptation to social–environmental change demands the transformation of the narratives that provide the rationale for risk governance. These narratives often reflect long-standing beliefs about social and politic…
View article: Addressing uncertainty in Participatory Integrated Assessment: qualitative modeling approach for risk estimation
Addressing uncertainty in Participatory Integrated Assessment: qualitative modeling approach for risk estimation Open
Participatory Integrated Assessment (PIA) has become a vital tool for decision-making for sustainable development, but it faces significant challenges due to the inherent uncertainty of socio-ecological systems. Uncertainty arises from mul…
View article: Navigating expert judgment uncertainty in post-event environmental impact assessments for human-made disasters litigation
Navigating expert judgment uncertainty in post-event environmental impact assessments for human-made disasters litigation Open
Environmental litigation stemming from human-made disasters associated with large-scale infrastructure investments is commonly initiated by concerned stakeholders seeking environmental justice. The investigative process involves Post-Event…
View article: Impacts of projected urban growth on simulated near-surface temperature in Mexico City Metropolitan Area: Implications for urban vulnerability
Impacts of projected urban growth on simulated near-surface temperature in Mexico City Metropolitan Area: Implications for urban vulnerability Open
Urbanization impacts the surface temperature fields increasing the vulnerability of urban residents to heat exposure. Identifying vulnerable urban populations to extreme heat exposure is crucial to develop mitigation and adaptation strateg…
View article: Navigating climate change complexity and deep uncertainty: approach for building socio-ecological resilience using qualitative dynamic simulation
Navigating climate change complexity and deep uncertainty: approach for building socio-ecological resilience using qualitative dynamic simulation Open
The consequences of climate change on different sectors of society are interrelated. The threats posed by rising global temperatures, intensifying extreme weather events, and shifting climatic patterns are becoming increasingly evident all…
View article: IMPLEMENTATION OF GIS-AHP-OWA FOR LAND SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROJECTS: A CASE STUDY IN YUCATÁN, MEXICO
IMPLEMENTATION OF GIS-AHP-OWA FOR LAND SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROJECTS: A CASE STUDY IN YUCATÁN, MEXICO Open
This article presents an approach to land suitability assessment (LSA) that accounts for the opposing interests and viewpoints of multiple stakeholders. LSA is a widely used geospatial technique for locating optimal sites for infrastructur…
View article: Burn Severity and Land-Use Legacy Influence Bird Abundance in the Atlantic-Mediterranean Biogeographic Transition
Burn Severity and Land-Use Legacy Influence Bird Abundance in the Atlantic-Mediterranean Biogeographic Transition Open
Fire regimes in mountain landscapes of southern Europe have been shifting from their baselines due to rural abandonment and fire exclusion policies. Understanding the effects of fire on biodiversity is paramount to implement adequate manag…
View article: Anything for a quiet life: shelter from mobbers drives reproductive success in a top‐level avian predator
Anything for a quiet life: shelter from mobbers drives reproductive success in a top‐level avian predator Open
Understanding how habitat structure relates to reproductive performance of species can help identify what habitats are of the highest quality for a given species and thereby guide effective management. Here, we compared the influence of pr…
View article: AHP/ANP IMPLEMENTATION FOR ADJUDICATING ENVIRONMENTAL TORT CLAIMS
AHP/ANP IMPLEMENTATION FOR ADJUDICATING ENVIRONMENTAL TORT CLAIMS Open
We present here an AHP/ANP implementation to address the challenges of measuring the quality expert judgment regarding uncertain evidence of environmental tortious conduct.Through the AHP/ANP, the approach combines two decision theory tech…
View article: FINDING OPTIMAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT LOCATIONS WITH GIS-MCDA
FINDING OPTIMAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT LOCATIONS WITH GIS-MCDA Open
Infrastructure investments are increasingly challenged by environmental conflicts in both public and private sectors.Here, we present a land suitability approach based on geographic information system multicriteria decision analysis (GIS-M…
View article: The Heterogeneity of Burn Severity Affects Bird Density in an Abandoned Mountain Landscape of the Atlantic-Mediterranean Transition
The Heterogeneity of Burn Severity Affects Bird Density in an Abandoned Mountain Landscape of the Atlantic-Mediterranean Transition Open
Fire regimes in mountain landscapes of southern Europe have been shifting from their baselines due to the accumulation of fuel fostered by long-standing rural abandonment and fire exclusion policies. Understanding the role of fire on biodi…
View article: Editorial: The Approach to Complex Systems in Fisheries
Editorial: The Approach to Complex Systems in Fisheries Open
EDITORIAL article Front. Mar. Sci., 14 February 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.830225
View article: Caution Is Needed When Using Niche Models to Infer Changes in Species Abundance: The Case of Two Sympatric Raptor Populations
Caution Is Needed When Using Niche Models to Infer Changes in Species Abundance: The Case of Two Sympatric Raptor Populations Open
Despite the mounting evidence supporting positive relationships between species abundance and habitat suitability, the capacity of ecological niche models (ENMs) to capture variations in population abundance remains largely unexplored. Thi…
View article: Contribution of Marine Spatial Planning in Mexico to Marine and Coastal Management
Contribution of Marine Spatial Planning in Mexico to Marine and Coastal Management Open
Marine spatial planning in Mexico is materialized by the ecological ordinance, a cross-sectoral environmental policy instrument. Throughout this instrument, government seeks to strengthen coordination between authorities and society to cou…
View article: Application of Exploratory Modeling in Support of Transdisciplinary Inquiry: Regulation of Fishing Bycatch of Loggerhead Sea Turtles in Gulf of Ulloa, Mexico
Application of Exploratory Modeling in Support of Transdisciplinary Inquiry: Regulation of Fishing Bycatch of Loggerhead Sea Turtles in Gulf of Ulloa, Mexico Open
The fishing bycatch of the loggerhead sea turtle ( Caretta caretta ) epitomizes the challenges of designing fisheries management strategies to protect highly migratory, endangered species. We present here the case of turtle bycatch in the …
View article: Using remotely sensed indicators of primary productivity to improve prioritization of conservation areas for top predators
Using remotely sensed indicators of primary productivity to improve prioritization of conservation areas for top predators Open
The need to incorporate habitat dynamics into spatial conservation prioritization is increasingly recognized but often limited by the lack of available temporal data. To overcome this limitation, model-assisted monitoring has been advocate…