Synchronous failure
The Emerging Causal Architecture of Global Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5111243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Homer-Dixon, Thomas Homer‐dixon (University of Waterloo), Brian Walker (0000-0002-9136-3055, CSIRO Land and Water), Reinette Biggs (0000-0003-0300-4149, Stockholm Resilience Centre), Anne-Sophie Crépin (0000-0002-7370-2973, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), Carl Folke (0000-0002-4050-3281, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), Eric F Lambin (0000-0002-0673-5257, UCLouvain), Glen D Peterson (0000-0003-0173-0112, Stockholm Resilience Centre), Garry D Peterson, Johan Rockström (0000-0001-8988-2983, Stockholm Resilience Centre), Marten Scheffer (0000-0002-2100-0312, Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences), Will Steffen (0000-0003-1163-6736, Australian National University), Max Troell (0000-0002-7509-8140, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | art6 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conservation Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1195-5449 • E-ISSN: 1708-3087 |
| Publisher | Resilience Alliance (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.5751/es-07681-200306 |
| OpenAlex | W2279399700 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 79 |
| References cited | 51 |
Homer-Dixon, T., B. Walker, R. Biggs, A.-S. Crépin, C. Folke, E. F. Lambin, G. D. Peterson, J. Rockström, M. Scheffer, W. Steffen, and M. Troell. 2015. Synchronous failure: the emerging causal architecture of global crisis. Ecology and Society 20(3): 6. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07681-200306
Biology · Ecological crisis · Environmental crisis · Environmental ethics · Geography · Political science · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Philosophy · Regional resilience and development · Architecture · Ecology
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