Troy Sternberg
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 121728 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Troy Sternberg |
| NOMBRES | Troy |
| APELLIDO | Sternberg |
| FIRMA | STERNBERG T |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2203-5226 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2027 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Pastoral Belonging and Educational Opportunity for Mongolian Herder Women
Military landscapes of the Khangai
The conservation metadata gap
Rethinking desert definitions
Deserts are often misperceived as desolate, non-productive landscapes. This perception contributes to the misuse of terms like ‘semiarid’ and ‘desertification’, creating ambiguity in how deserts are defined and geographically delineated. Such conceptual confusion can hinder effective policy by obscuring what constitutes a desert and where they occur. We identify key incongruencies between climatic and ecological approaches to classifying deserts,…
Mapping the Great Mongolian Road
Will Indigenous Plant Knowledge Survive? Documenting Ethnobotany Among Mongolia's Nomadic Communities in the Gobi Desert
This study investigates the current state of plant knowledge and use among nomadic communities in Mongolia's Gobi Desert, where rapid socioeconomic and environmental changes threaten traditional practices. Through a comprehensive survey of 50 participants aged 12–65 across four aimags, we documented the recognition, utilization, and cultural significance of 17 key plant species. High recognition rates were found for Haloxylon ammodendron , Agriop…
Mongolia Mining
Key to pastoralism, communal land in Mongolia is buffeted by expanding resource extraction with limited government oversight. Herders continue seasonal movement according to environmental conditions, particularly pasture quality, drought and extreme cold. Recently mobility and pastoral commons have been affected by the increase in mineral licenses and subsequent mine exclusionary zones. The process is often framed by development discourses and cl…
The Adaptation and Resilience of Pastoralists During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Mongolia
This paper draws on research conducted from 2021–2023 by multiple teams in Mongolia to understand COVID-19 impacts on rural pastoralist communities. While Mongolia adopted limited national-level COVID-19 policies specifically tailored for mobile pastoralist households and their livelihoods, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a range of pressure points, adaptations and innovations in the local health care response. In addition, the research demonst…
The forgotten middle Silk Road
Mongolian mining engagement with SIA and ESG initiatives
The shift to a low-carbon future places mineral-rich low- and middle-income countries at the forefront of the green transition. The focus on investment and extraction presents significant domestic challenges as countries endeavour to create viable development agendas. Framed by initiatives including environmental, social and governance (ESG), impact assessment (IA) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the international community works to imp…
Ruins in the making
Mongolia’s fabulous mineral wealth has led to competition and conflict amongst multiple stakeholders. Here we examine local struggles over extraction and export in the Sino-Mongolia Borderlands to offer a perspective on contemporary rural governance transformations in mining frontiers. Grounding years of in-country research with in-depth participant insights, we present and analyze the dilemmas faced by local government actors in Mongolia’s Gobi …
An Alternative View of Consumption and Impact
Research Report
Conflict and contestation in Kyrgyz mining infrastructure
Climate Hazard Crises in Asian Societies and Environments
A GIS based approach to Holocene hydrology and social connectivity in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Desert boundaries
When Marco Polo journeyed to the court of Kublai Khan in 1271 he traversed a great sandy desert filled with 'extraordinary illusions' that became known as the Gobi desert. The continued use of term Gobi, first appearing in 1706, is a rare case of Mongolian ascendancy over the Chinese. Exploration of the Gobi as a mapping term seeks to understand how the desert was conceptualised and identified as a geographical region, an economic sphere and a po…
A three-step floating catchment area method for analyzing spatial access to health services
Gravity-based spatial access models have been widely used to estimate spatial access to healthcare services in an attempt to capture the interaction of various factors. However, these models are inadequate in informing health resource allocation work due to their inappropriate assumption of healthcare demand. For the purpose of effective healthcare resource planning, this article proposes a three-step floating catchment area (3SFCA) method to min…
Piospheres and Pastoralists
Unravelling Mongolia's Extreme Winter Disaster of 2010
The 2010 extreme winter disaster (dzud) in Mongolia has lead to great livestock mortality (around 20 per cent of the national herd), the loss of pastoral livelihoods and rural displacement and affected 28 per cent of the country's population. Whilst environmental conditions were the immediate cause, contributory factors include a changing climate, current herding practices and weak governance. The severity of the event points out herding vulnerab…
Pressurised pastoralism in South Gobi, Mongolia
The desert‐steppe region of southern Mongolia is susceptible to drought and extreme winter weather ( dzud ) that in combination form Mongolia’s worst natural hazard. Low precipitation and high climatic variability in this dryland environment impact the landscape and affect pastoralism, the dominant rural lifestyle. Using the Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI), this paper identifies drought occurrence in South Gobi Province, Mongolia. It then …
Unravelling Mongolia's Extreme Winter Disaster of 2010
The 2010 extreme winter disaster (dzud) in Mongolia has lead to great livestock mortality (around 20 per cent of the national herd), the loss of pastoral livelihoods and rural displacement and affected 28 per cent of the country's population. Whilst environmental conditions were the immediate cause, contributory factors include a changing climate, current herding practices and weak governance. The severity of the event points out herding vulnerab…
Pressurised pastoralism in South Gobi, Mongolia
The desert‐steppe region of southern Mongolia is susceptible to drought and extreme winter weather ( dzud ) that in combination form Mongolia’s worst natural hazard. Low precipitation and high climatic variability in this dryland environment impact the landscape and affect pastoralism, the dominant rural lifestyle. Using the Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI), this paper identifies drought occurrence in South Gobi Province, Mongolia. It then …
Ruins in the making
Mongolia’s fabulous mineral wealth has led to competition and conflict amongst multiple stakeholders. Here we examine local struggles over extraction and export in the Sino-Mongolia Borderlands to offer a perspective on contemporary rural governance transformations in mining frontiers. Grounding years of in-country research with in-depth participant insights, we present and analyze the dilemmas faced by local government actors in Mongolia’s Gobi …
Mongolian mining engagement with SIA and ESG initiatives
The shift to a low-carbon future places mineral-rich low- and middle-income countries at the forefront of the green transition. The focus on investment and extraction presents significant domestic challenges as countries endeavour to create viable development agendas. Framed by initiatives including environmental, social and governance (ESG), impact assessment (IA) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the international community works to imp…
Research Report
A GIS based approach to Holocene hydrology and social connectivity in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Conflict and contestation in Kyrgyz mining infrastructure
Desert boundaries
When Marco Polo journeyed to the court of Kublai Khan in 1271 he traversed a great sandy desert filled with 'extraordinary illusions' that became known as the Gobi desert. The continued use of term Gobi, first appearing in 1706, is a rare case of Mongolian ascendancy over the Chinese. Exploration of the Gobi as a mapping term seeks to understand how the desert was conceptualised and identified as a geographical region, an economic sphere and a po…
Piospheres and Pastoralists
Pressurised pastoralism in South Gobi, Mongolia
The desert‐steppe region of southern Mongolia is susceptible to drought and extreme winter weather ( dzud ) that in combination form Mongolia’s worst natural hazard. Low precipitation and high climatic variability in this dryland environment impact the landscape and affect pastoralism, the dominant rural lifestyle. Using the Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI), this paper identifies drought occurrence in South Gobi Province, Mongolia. It then …
Unravelling Mongolia's Extreme Winter Disaster of 2010
The 2010 extreme winter disaster (dzud) in Mongolia has lead to great livestock mortality (around 20 per cent of the national herd), the loss of pastoral livelihoods and rural displacement and affected 28 per cent of the country's population. Whilst environmental conditions were the immediate cause, contributory factors include a changing climate, current herding practices and weak governance. The severity of the event points out herding vulnerab…
A three-step floating catchment area method for analyzing spatial access to health services
Gravity-based spatial access models have been widely used to estimate spatial access to healthcare services in an attempt to capture the interaction of various factors. However, these models are inadequate in informing health resource allocation work due to their inappropriate assumption of healthcare demand. For the purpose of effective healthcare resource planning, this article proposes a three-step floating catchment area (3SFCA) method to min…
Piospheres and Pastoralists
Desert boundaries
When Marco Polo journeyed to the court of Kublai Khan in 1271 he traversed a great sandy desert filled with 'extraordinary illusions' that became known as the Gobi desert. The continued use of term Gobi, first appearing in 1706, is a rare case of Mongolian ascendancy over the Chinese. Exploration of the Gobi as a mapping term seeks to understand how the desert was conceptualised and identified as a geographical region, an economic sphere and a po…
A GIS based approach to Holocene hydrology and social connectivity in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Climate Hazard Crises in Asian Societies and Environments
Conflict and contestation in Kyrgyz mining infrastructure
An Alternative View of Consumption and Impact
Research Report
Ruins in the making
Mongolia’s fabulous mineral wealth has led to competition and conflict amongst multiple stakeholders. Here we examine local struggles over extraction and export in the Sino-Mongolia Borderlands to offer a perspective on contemporary rural governance transformations in mining frontiers. Grounding years of in-country research with in-depth participant insights, we present and analyze the dilemmas faced by local government actors in Mongolia’s Gobi …
The forgotten middle Silk Road
Mongolian mining engagement with SIA and ESG initiatives
The shift to a low-carbon future places mineral-rich low- and middle-income countries at the forefront of the green transition. The focus on investment and extraction presents significant domestic challenges as countries endeavour to create viable development agendas. Framed by initiatives including environmental, social and governance (ESG), impact assessment (IA) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the international community works to imp…
Will Indigenous Plant Knowledge Survive? Documenting Ethnobotany Among Mongolia's Nomadic Communities in the Gobi Desert
This study investigates the current state of plant knowledge and use among nomadic communities in Mongolia's Gobi Desert, where rapid socioeconomic and environmental changes threaten traditional practices. Through a comprehensive survey of 50 participants aged 12–65 across four aimags, we documented the recognition, utilization, and cultural significance of 17 key plant species. High recognition rates were found for Haloxylon ammodendron , Agriop…
Mongolia Mining
Key to pastoralism, communal land in Mongolia is buffeted by expanding resource extraction with limited government oversight. Herders continue seasonal movement according to environmental conditions, particularly pasture quality, drought and extreme cold. Recently mobility and pastoral commons have been affected by the increase in mineral licenses and subsequent mine exclusionary zones. The process is often framed by development discourses and cl…
The Adaptation and Resilience of Pastoralists During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Mongolia
This paper draws on research conducted from 2021–2023 by multiple teams in Mongolia to understand COVID-19 impacts on rural pastoralist communities. While Mongolia adopted limited national-level COVID-19 policies specifically tailored for mobile pastoralist households and their livelihoods, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a range of pressure points, adaptations and innovations in the local health care response. In addition, the research demonst…
Military landscapes of the Khangai
The conservation metadata gap
Rethinking desert definitions
Deserts are often misperceived as desolate, non-productive landscapes. This perception contributes to the misuse of terms like ‘semiarid’ and ‘desertification’, creating ambiguity in how deserts are defined and geographically delineated. Such conceptual confusion can hinder effective policy by obscuring what constitutes a desert and where they occur. We identify key incongruencies between climatic and ecological approaches to classifying deserts,…
Mapping the Great Mongolian Road
Pastoral Belonging and Educational Opportunity for Mongolian Herder Women
Geography (12 obras) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (11 obras) · China (6 obras) · Economics (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Business (5 obras) · Ecology (5 obras) · Livestock (5 obras) · Pastoralism (5 obras) · Archaeology (4 obras)