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What kind of a science is sustainability science? by Kates, Robert W.

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Transformational adaptation when incremental adaptations to climate change are insufficient by Kates, Robert W, Travis, William R, Wilbanks, Thomas J

“…All human–environment systems adapt to climate and its natural variation. Adaptation to human-induced change in climate has largely been envisioned as…”
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What is Sustainable Development? Goals, Indicators, Values, and Practice by Robert, Kates W., Parris, Thomas M., Leiserowitz, Anthony A.

“…Kates et al discuss the concept of sustainable development, the ability to make development sustainable to ensure that it meets the needs of the present…”
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Reconstruction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: A Research Perspective by Kates, R. W., Colten, C. E., Laska, S., Leatherman, S. P.

“…Four propositions drawn from 60 years of natural hazard and reconstruction research provide a comparative and historical perspective on the reconstruction of…”
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African poverty: A grand challenge for sustainability science by Kates, Robert W, Dasgupta, Partha

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Long-Term Trends and a Sustainability Transition by Kates, Robert W., Parris, Thomas M.

“…How do long-term global trends affect a transition to sustainability? We emphasize the "multitrend" nature of 10 classes of trends, which makes them complex,…”
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CHARACTERIZING AND MEASURING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by Parris, Thomas M, Kates, Robert W

“…Sustainable development has broad appeal and little specificity, but some combination of development and environment as well as equity is found in many…”
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Childhood predictors of written expression in late adolescents with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a longitudinal study by Hamsho, N., Antshel, K. M., Eckert, T. L., Kates, W. R.

“…Background 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is the second most prevalent genetic syndrome and has a characteristic academic and behavioural phenotype. The…”
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Characterizing a Sustainability Transition: Goals, Targets, Trends, and Driving Forces by Parris, Thomas M., Kates, Robert W.

“…Sustainable development exhibits broad political appeal but has proven difficult to define in precise terms. Recent scholarship has focused on the nature of a…”
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Beyond Adapting to Climate Change: Embedding Adaptation in Responses to Multiple Threats and Stresses by Wilbanks, Thomas J., Kates, Robert W.

“…Climate change impacts are already being experienced in every region of the United States and every part of the world-most severely in Arctic regions-and…”
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Global change in local places : How scale matters by WILBANKS, T. J, KATES, R. W

“…Relationships between local and global scales deserve more attention than they have received in the global change research enterprise to date. This paper…”
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Three Years after Katrina: Lessons for Community Resilience by Colten, Craig E., Kates, Robert W., Laska, Shirley B.

“…New Orleans proved that it could recover from 27 major floods before Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed its levees in August 2005, flooding 80 percent of the city,…”
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Neurocognitive and familial moderators of psychiatric risk in velocardiofacial (22q11.2 deletion) syndrome: a longitudinal study by Kates, W R, Russo, N, Wood, W M, Antshel, K M, Faraone, S V, Fremont, W P

“…Although risk for psychosis in velocardiofacial (22q11.2 deletion) syndrome (VCFS) is well established, the cognitive and familial factors that moderate that…”
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Cautionary Tales: Adaptation and the Global Poor by Kates, Robert W

“…Many who study global change, particularly from industrialized countries, are optimistic about the capacity of agriculture to successfully adapt to climate…”
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Predicting reading comprehension academic achievement in late adolescents with velo-cardio-facial (22q11.2 deletion) syndrome (VCFS): a longitudinal study by Antshel, K., Hier, B., Fremont, W., Faraone, S. V., Kates, W.

“…Background  The primary objective of the current study was to examine the childhood predictors of adolescent reading comprehension in velo‐cardio‐facial…”
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Do Global Attitudes and Behaviors Support Sustainable Development? by Leiserowitz, Anthony A., Kates, Robert W., Parris, Thomas M.

“…Available survey data indicate that the global public generally supports the main tenets of sustainable development. Examining the results, Leiserowitz et al…”
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Environment and development. Sustainability science by Kates, R W, Clark, W C, Corell, R, Hall, J M, Jaeger, C C, Lowe, I, McCarthy, J J, Schellnhuber, H J, Bolin, B, Dickson, N M, Faucheux, S, Gallopin, G C, Grübler, A, Huntley, B, Jäger, J, Jodha, N S, Kasperson, R E, Mabogunje, A, Matson, P, Mooney, H, Moore, 3rd, B, O'Riordan, T, Svedlin, U

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No evidence for the presence of genetic variants predisposing to psychotic disorders on the non-deleted 22q11.2 allele of VCFS patients by Guipponi, M, Santoni, F, Schneider, M, Gehrig, C, Bustillo, X B, Kates, W R, Morrow, B, Armando, M, Vicari, S, Sloan-Béna, F, Gagnebin, M, Shashi, V, Hooper, S R, Eliez, S, Antonarakis, S E

“…The velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS) is caused by hemizygous deletions on chromosome 22q11.2. The VCFS phenotype is complex and characterized by frequent…”
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A Prospective Study of Corpus Callosum Regional Volumes and Neurocognitive Outcomes Following Cranial Radiation for Pediatric Brain Malignancies by Ram, A.N, Horska, A, LaClair, A, Kates, W, Redmond, K, Wharam, M, Mahone, M, Terezakis, S

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Disproportionate increases of white matter in right frontal lobe in Tourette syndrome by FREDERICKSEN, K. A, CUTTING, L. E, KATES, W. R, MOSTOFSKY, S. H, SINGER, H. S, COOPER, K. L, LANHAM, D. C, DENCKLA, M. B, KAUFMANN, W. E

“…Based on previous findings implicating abnormalities of cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical circuitry in Tourette syndrome (TS), the authors performed a…”
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