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Local governments as key agents in climate change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for institutional capacity-building in Mexico by Cid, Abril, Lerner, Amy M.

“…Institutional capacity is one of the dimensions of adaptive capacity that determines the level and pace of climate change adaptation at the local level. Local…”
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Making Informal Water Distribution Work: Collective Agency and Self-Organization in Informal Areas of Xochimilco, Mexico City by HERNANDEZ, BERTHA, MANUEL-NAVARRETE, DAVID, LERNER, AMY M., SIQUEIROS, JESUS MARIO

“…Global environmental change can disproportionately impact vulnerable populations in informal settlements already struggling with diminished access to…”
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Researching farmer behaviour in climate change adaptation and sustainable agriculture: Lessons learned from five case studies by Feola, Giuseppe, Lerner, Amy M., Jain, Meha, Montefrio, Marvin Joseph F., Nicholas, Kimberly A.

“…Understanding farmer behaviour is needed for local agricultural systems to produce food sustainably while facing multiple pressures. We synthesize existing…”
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Estimation of methane emissions from local and crossbreed beef cattle in Daklak province of Vietnam by Ramírez-Restrepo, Carlos Alberto, Van Tien, Dung, Le Duc, Ngoan, Herrero, Mario, Le Dinh, Phung, Van, Dung Dinh, Le Thi Hoa, Sen, Chi, Cuong Vu, Solano-Patiño, Cesar, Lerner, Amy M, Searchinger, Timothy D

“…This study was aimed at evaluating effects of cattle breed resources and alternative mixed-feeding practices on meat productivity and emission intensities from…”
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Child malnutrition and climate in Sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of recent trends in Kenya by Grace, Kathryn, Davenport, Frank, Funk, Chris, Lerner, Amy M.

“…In Kenya – where undernutrition rates are high and the population-environment balance is delicate – the risk of declining food availability has become…”
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The survival of agriculture on the edge: Perceptions of push and pull factors for the persistence of the ancient chinampas of Xochimilco, Mexico City by Pérez-Belmont, Patricia, Lerner, Amy M., Mazari-Hiriart, Marisa, Valiente, Elsa

“…A mixture of identities, livelihoods and a heterogeneous landscape characterizes the communities located in the rural-urban frontier. The perception of the…”
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Do Smallholder, Mixed Crop-Livestock Livelihoods Encourage Sustainable Agricultural Practices? A Meta-Analysis by Rudel, Thomas, Kwon, Oh-Jung, Paul, Birthe, Boval, Maryline, Rao, Idupulapati, Burbano, Diana, McGroddy, Megan, Lerner, Amy, White, Douglas, Cuchillo, Mario, Luna, Manuel, Peters, Michael

“…As calls for bolstering ecosystem services from croplands have grown more insistent during the past two decades, the search for ways to foster these…”
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Sustainable Cattle Ranching in Practice: Moving from Theory to Planning in Colombia’s Livestock Sector by Lerner, Amy M., Zuluaga, Andrés Felipe, Chará, Julián, Etter, Andrés, Searchinger, Timothy

“…A growing population with increasing consumption of milk and dairy require more agricultural output in the coming years, which potentially competes with…”
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An obsolete dichotomy? Rethinking the rural-urban interface in terms of food security and production in the global south by LERNER, AMY M, EAKIN, HALLIE

“…The global food system is coming under increasing strain in the face of urban population growth. The recent spike in global food prices (2007-08) provoked…”
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Adaptive capacity in evolving peri-urban spaces: Responses to flood risk in the Upper Lerma River Valley, Mexico by Eakin, Hallie, Lerner, Amy M., Murtinho, Felipe

“…Although ‘peri-urban’ and ‘rur-urban’ growth patterns are now prominent in previously rural areas of Latin America, there has been little exploration of the…”
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Adapting to risk and perpetuating poverty: Household’s strategies for managing flood risk and water scarcity in Mexico City by Eakin, Hallie, Lerner, Amy M., Manuel-Navarrete, David, Hernández Aguilar, Bertha, Martínez-Canedo, Alejandra, Tellman, Beth, Charli-Joseph, Lakshmi, Fernández Álvarez, Rafael, Bojórquez-Tapia, Luis

“…•This paper focuses on the burden of adaptation among economically marginalized households in Mexico City and the reinforcement of poverty through chronic…”
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Building actor-centric transformative capacity through city-university partnerships by Keeler, Lauren Withycombe, Beaudoin, Fletcher, Wiek, Arnim, John, Beatrice, Lerner, Amy M., Beecroft, Richard, Tamm, Kaidi, Seebacher, Andreas, Lang, Daniel J., Kay, Braden, Forrest, Nigel

“…Cities worldwide are rising to the challenge of sustainable development, calling for large-scale and fastpaced transformations towards sustainability. Urban…”
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Assessing the historical adaptive cycles of an urban social-ecological system and its potential future resilience: the case of Xochimilco, Mexico City by Jiménez, Marcela, Pérez-Belmont, Patricia, Schewenius, Maria, Lerner, Amy M., Mazari-Hiriart, Marisa

“…As the bulk of the world’s population becomes urban, maintaining urban ecosystem services for environmental and social well-being in cities is crucial…”
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Understanding peri-urban maize production through an examination of household livelihoods in the Toluca Metropolitan Area, Mexico by Lerner, Amy M., Eakin, Hallie, Sweeney, Stuart

“…The rates of urban growth globally continue to rise, especially in small and intermediary cities and peri-urban areas of the developing world. Communities in…”
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Governing the gaps in water governance and land-use planning in a megacity: The example of hydrological risk in Mexico City by Lerner, Amy M., Eakin, Hallie C., Tellman, Elizabeth, Bausch, Julia Chrissie, Hernández Aguilar, Bertha

“…Megacities are socio-ecological systems (SES) that encompass complex interactions between residents, institutions, and natural resource management. These…”
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Determinants of agricultural intensification and maize productivity in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala by Amy M. Lerner, David López-Carr

“…Tropical deforestation is one of the world’s most pressing environmental issues. Some theorists, building on agricultural economist Esther Boserup’s work,…”
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A standardization process for mental model analysis in socio-ecological systems by Siqueiros-García, J. Mario, Lerner, Amy M., Eakin, Hallie C., Hernández Aguilar, Bertha

“…In this article the authors offer a road-map that illuminates the possibilities of standardization or streamlining mental model data with freely-defined…”
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Persisting narratives undermine potential water scarcity solutions for informal areas of Mexico City: the case of two settlements in Xochimilco by Hernández Aguilar, Bertha, Lerner, Amy M., Manuel-Navarrete, David, Siqueiros-García, J. Mario

“…In Global South megacities, hazards related to climate change - such as water scarcity - are exacerbated by informal urban development. Limited access to…”
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Assessing carbon sequestration of silvopastoral tropical landscapes using optical remote sensing and field measurements by Schneider, Laura C., Lerner, Amy M., McGroddy, Megan, Rudel, Thomas

“…This research assesses the potential of using high-resolution optical RS data and traditional field inventory to estimate carbon stocks in silvopastoral…”
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Carbon Stocks in Silvopastoral Systems: A Study from Four Communities in Southeastern Ecuador by McGroddy, Megan E, Lerner, Amy M, Burbano, Diana V, Schneider, Laura C, Rudel, Tom K

“…Agriculture, particularly pasture, is the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions from tropical regions. Silvopastoral systems may increase carbon…”
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