Are we entering an era of concatenated global crises?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Biggs, Duan ^a   Biggs, Reinette ^b   Dakos, Vasilis ^c   Scholes, Robert J ^d   Schoon, Michael ^e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concatenation; Connectivity; Crisis; Disaster; Food price crisis; Governance; Learning; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FOOD MARKET; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEARNING; SOCIAL IMPACT; THRESHOLD;

EID: 79960016375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04079-160227     Document Type: Article

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