Robotics and Autonomous Systems for Net Zero Agriculture DOI Creative Commons
Simon Pearson, Tania Carolina Camacho-Villa, Ravi Valluru

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Current Robotics Reports, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 3(2), P. 57 - 64

Published: April 28, 2022

Abstract Purpose of Review The paper discusses how robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) are being deployed to decarbonise agricultural production. climate emergency cannot be ameliorated without dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions across the agri-food sector. This review outlines transformational role for system considers where research focus might prioritised. Recent Findings Agri-robotic provide multiple emerging opportunities that facilitate transition towards net zero agriculture. Five themes were identified could impact sustainable food production (1) increase nitrogen use efficiency, (2) accelerate plant breeding, (3) deliver regenerative agriculture, (4) electrify robotic vehicles, (5) reduce waste. Summary RAS technologies create (i) optimise inputs such as fertiliser, seeds, fuel/energy; (ii) environmental on soil other natural resources; (iii) improve efficiency precision processes equipment; (iv) enhance farmers’ decisions crop care farm Further scaled technology development needed exploit these opportunities.

Language: Английский

A systematic literature review of citizen science in urban studies and regional urban planning: policy, practical, and research implications DOI
Donizete Beck, Juliana Miranda Mitkiewicz

Urban Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 28(2)

Published: Feb. 21, 2025

Language: Английский

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Towards sustainable urban transition: A critical review of strategies and policies of urban village renewal in Shenzhen, China DOI
Wenjian Pan, Juan Du

Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 111, P. 105744 - 105744

Published: Sept. 24, 2021

Language: Английский

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Beyond bouncing back? Comparing and contesting urban resilience frames in US and Latin American contexts DOI Creative Commons
Tischa A. Muñoz‐Erickson, Sara Meerow, Robert Hobbins

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Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 214, P. 104173 - 104173

Published: July 20, 2021

Urban resilience has gained considerable popularity in planning and policy to address cities' capacity cope with climate change. While many studies discuss the different ways that academics define resilience, little attention been given how is conceptualized across urban contexts among actors engage building 'on ground'. Given implications frames can have for solutions are pursued (and who benefits from them), it important examine transformative definitions of practice. In this paper, we use data a survey nine US Latin American Caribbean cities explore concept framed multiple governance sectors, including governmental, non-governmental, business, research, hybrid organizations. We these framings light recent conceptual developments tensions found literature. The results highlight that, general cities, converge as ability resist, with, or bounce back previous conditions, whereas sustainability, equity, social-ecological-technological systems (SETS) perspectives rarely associated resilience. There noticeable differences point geographic political variation way conceptualized. unpack their research practice moving forward. argue if going remain major goal city policies into future, needs be conceived more transformative, anticipatory, equitable way, acknowledge interconnected SETS.

Language: Английский

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Smarter greener cities through a social-ecological-technological systems approach DOI Creative Commons
Artur Branny, Maja Steen Møller, Silviya Korpilo

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 55, P. 101168 - 101168

Published: March 10, 2022

Language: Английский

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Closing the Gap between Carbon Neutrality Targets and Action: Technology Solutions for China’s Key Energy-Intensive Sectors DOI Creative Commons
Jinchi Dong, Bofeng Cai, Shaohui Zhang

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Environmental Science & Technology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 57(11), P. 4396 - 4405

Published: March 9, 2023

Facing significant carbon emissions annually, China requires a clear decarbonization strategy to meet its climate targets. This study presents MESSAGEix-CAEP model explore Chinese pathways and their cost-benefit under two mitigation scenarios by establishing connections between five energy-intensive sectors based on energy material flows. The results indicated the following: 1) Interaction feedback should not be disregarded. electrification process of other four was projected increase electricity production 206%, resulting in higher power demand than current forecasts. 2) marginal abatement cost achieve neutrality across all 2189 CNY/tCO2, notably emission trading prices. 3) analysis indicates that more ambitious would decrease result net benefit. cumulative benefit reduction 7.8 trillion CNY scenario, 1.3 scenario. These findings suggest policy-makers focus interaction effects strengthen efforts motivate early reduction.

Language: Английский

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Are smart cities more sustainable? An exploratory study of 103 U.S. cities DOI Open Access
Meng Cai, Eva Kaßens-Noor, Zhao Zhi

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Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 416, P. 137986 - 137986

Published: July 3, 2023

Language: Английский

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Human-nature resonance in times of social-ecological crisis – a relational account for sustainability transformation DOI Creative Commons
Martina Artmann

Ecosystems and People, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 19(1)

Published: Feb. 13, 2023

Despite increasing efforts by research and policy to approach sustainability, human impact on nonhuman nature is intensifying the current social-ecological crisis. To foster sustainability transformation, there a need re-think qualities of human-nature connections which calls for relational discourses that provide alternatives predominance mindsets postulating divide. Against this backdrop, conceptual paper introduces 'human-nature resonance' as account provides system, target, transformation knowledge transformation. The argues crisis has one its root causes in mute relations. On basis, it illustrated how only slightly affecting behaviours Western societies, are subsequently failing establish responsive Considering relations fostered making world constantly available, non-affective relation can be traced back lack material moral boundaries perceived lifeless object infinite availability. For strengthening resonance, vision partnership neglecting hierarchical strengthen partnership, will speak with an own voice assigning her legal personhood, agency, soulfulness. Furthermore, self-efficacy needs strengthened listen nourishing internal capacities such compassion self-worth. Future work resonance integrate basic applied inter- transdisciplinary links natural social sciences, Indigenous ontologies, scientific logos transcendental wisdom.

Language: Английский

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“No research on a dead planet”: preserving the socio-ecological conditions for academia DOI Creative Commons
Aaron Thierry, Laura Horn,

Pauline von Hellermann

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Frontiers in Education, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 8

Published: Oct. 6, 2023

Despite thousands of higher education institutions (HEIs) having issued Climate Emergency declarations, most academics continue to operate according ‘business-as-usual’. However, such passivity increases the risk climate impacts so severe as threaten persistence organized society, and thus HEIs themselves. This paper explores why a maladaptive cognitive-practice gap persists asks what steps could be taken by members activate academy. Drawing on insights from psychology sociology, we argue that process ‘socially denial’ currently exists within universities, leading experience state ‘double reality’ inhibits feelings accountability agency, this is self-reenforcing through production ‘pluralistic ignorance.’ We further these processes serve uphold cultural hegemony ‘business-as-usual’ worsened increasing neo-liberalization modern universities. Escaping dynamics will require deliberate efforts break taboos, frank conversations about responding emergency means for universities’ – individual academics’ core values goals.

Language: Английский

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Cross‐scale, cross‐level and multi‐actor governance of transformations toward the Sustainable Development Goals: A review of common challenges and solutions DOI Creative Commons
Cameron Allen, Shirin Malekpour, Michael Mintrom

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Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 31(3), P. 1250 - 1267

Published: Jan. 9, 2023

Abstract The importance of governance for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is uncontested. However, design effective arrangements to initiate and deliver necessary transformations complex, multi‐scale, multi‐actor many knowledge gaps remain. For would‐be reformers, a fundamental challenge arises because all transformative efforts must proceed, at least initially, within existing which can be highly resistant change. While there rich literature on transformations, remains fragmented. In this paper, we first review highlight important scales as spatial, jurisdictional, sectoral temporal. We common challenges that may arise from tensions between these scales, how framings choices actors accentuate or ameliorate challenges. To further illustrate, selection recent case studies SDGs solutions. conclude by suggesting five concrete steps reformers could usefully take increase likelihood their transformation will meet with success.

Language: Английский

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A transformative shift in urban ecology toward a more active and relevant future for the field and for cities DOI Creative Commons
Niki Frantzeskaki, Daniel L. Childers, Steward T. A. Pickett

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AMBIO, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 53(6), P. 871 - 889

Published: April 20, 2024

Abstract This paper builds on the expansion of urban ecology from a biologically based discipline—ecology in city—to an increasingly interdisciplinary field—ecology transdisciplinary, knowledge to action endeavor—an for and with city. We build this “prepositional journey” by proposing transformative shift ecology, we present framework how field may continue shift. conceptualize that is state flux, needed transform into more engaged field, one includes diversity actors willing participate future their cities. In shift, these will engage, collaborate, continuous spiral → back loop, goal co producing sustainable resilient solutions myriad challenges. Our three pathways: (1) repeating ideas, information, produced diverse community agents change working together “urban sandbox”; (2) incorporation social–ecological–technological systems expanding temporally include “deep future,” where scenarios are visioning seemingly unimaginable or plausible states cities resilient; (3) space, rural areas places not yet The interrelated pathways define demonstrate power has moved beyond science realm collaborations among knowledges voices understand what while contemporary challenges envisioning futures socially, ecologically, technologically case study examples each make up discuss both limitations opportunities research transdisciplinary broadening field.

Language: Английский

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