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- The escalating climate crisis is a global social problem requiring multidisciplinary and multi-institutional coordination to solve. In recent years, health practitioners and institutions have become increasingly involved in the climate crisis, recognizing that climate change poses a serious public health threat across a range of health issues. This dissertation draws...
- Keyword:
- sociology of the future, climate change, sociology of emotions, hope, temporal inequality, and despair
- Subject:
- Sociology, Environmental studies, and Public health
- Creator:
- Fallin, Mallory
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/16/2023
- Date Created:
- 2022-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- etdadmin_upload_937014 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16307
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- Keyword:
- sand, sustainability, climate change, infrastructure, and extractive industries
- Subject:
- Sand, Climate change mitigation, Infrastructure (Economics)--Planning, Sustainable development, and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Creator:
- Anita Van Breda (World Wildlife Fund), Missaka Hettiarachchi (World Wildlife Fund), Mike M. McMahon (Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern University), and Kate Newman (World Wildlife Fund)
- Contributor:
- Laura J. Powers, Carlos Santamaria, Todd Bridges, Mark Simoni, Aaron Packman, Daniel Franks, Gary Greenberg, Kate Dawson, Halinishi Yusuf, Vince Beiser, Antonis Antoniou Latouros, Aurora Torres, Beibei Xu, Terri R. Norton, Kusum Athukorala, Deepthi Wickramasinghe, and Pascal Peduzzi
- Owner:
- Mike McMahon
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University and World Wildlife Fund
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/21/2022
- Date Modified:
- 01/05/2023
- Date Created:
- 2022-12-01
- Resource Type:
- Conference Proceeding and Report
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- Keyword:
- environment, sustainability, climate change, disaster management, building materials, and disaster reconstruction
- Creator:
- Vidushi Dwivedi, MS Research Assistant, Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern University, William M. Miller, PhD Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Mike M. McMahon Strategic Partnerships Administrator, Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern University., Anita Van Breda Senior Director, Environment and Disaster Management World Wildlife Fund, Jennifer B. Dunn, PhD Associate Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University , Stephen H. Carr, PhD, P.E. Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, and Missaka Hettiarachchi PhD, CEng Senior Fellow, World Wildlife Fund
- Contributor:
- Jennifer Pepson-Elwood , Elham Ramyar, Vasantha Wakkumbura, and Megan McConnell
- Owner:
- Mike McMahon
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 10/27/2021
- Date Modified:
- 12/01/2021
- Date Created:
- 2021-11-22
- Resource Type:
- Report
- Alternate Identifier:
- ISBN 978-0-578-31332-0 and DOI 10.21985/n2-139p-gw08
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- Description:
- Automobile transportation is among the leading sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and reducing vehicle miles traveled must be part of our climate change mitigation efforts. One recent trend that, if accelerated, could aid in this effort is the increase in bicycling for transportation in large US...
- Keyword:
- bicycling, urban politics, climate change, gentrification, and transportation
- Subject:
- Sociology, Transportation, and Political science
- Creator:
- Burk, Derek Thomas
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15065 and etdadmin_upload_739670
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- Keyword:
- sustainability, climate change, and urban systems
- Creator:
- Jennifer B. Dunn and William M. Miller
- Owner:
- Eunae Jo
- Date Uploaded:
- 11/23/2020
- Date Modified:
- 11/23/2020
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- Description:
- The authors of the article “Toward Environmentally Sustainable Digital Preservation” created this workshop as a space for participants to discuss issues of environmental sustainability in digital preservation, identify and enact change toward sustainable practices in their organizational contexts, and identify and plan further research. The workshop was run for the...
- Keyword:
- permanence, access, sustainability, appraisal, digital preservation, and climate change
- Subject:
- Digital preservation and Sustainability
- Creator:
- Alagna, Laura, Sampson, Walker, Walsh, Tessa, and Pendergrass, Keith L.
- Owner:
- Laura M Alagna
- Date Uploaded:
- 03/27/2020
- Date Modified:
- 05/18/2020
- Date Created:
- 2019-10-24
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- Description:
- Among the linkages identified between human rights law and environmental protection, the problem of anthropogenic climate change has emerged as a central concern. Some of the early focus on climate change as itself a human rights violation has given way to a more complete and forward-looking approach that considers how...
- Keyword:
- climate change and buffett
- Creator:
- Human Rights and Climate Change
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/02/2019
- Date Modified:
- 01/02/2019
- Date Created:
- 2009
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
- Alternate Identifier:
- 09-002
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- Description:
- Vegetation in dryland environments is often patchy in response to water limitation. This patchiness can take the form of periodic patterning at length scales much larger than that of an individual plant. Instances of patterns resembling leopard spots and tiger stripes are widespread in dry regions of Africa, Australia, and...
- Keyword:
- climate change
- Subject:
- Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
- Creator:
- Karna Gowda
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 10/21/2018
- Date Modified:
- 10/21/2018
- Date Created:
- 2017-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation