Regional Environmental Change
Environmental changes of many kinds are accelerating worldwide, posing significant challenges for humanity. Solutions are needed at the regional level, where physical features of the landscape, biological systems, and human institutions interact.
The goal of Regional Environmental Change is to publish scientific research and opinion papers that improve our understanding of the extent of these changes, their causes, their impacts on people, and the options for society to respond. "Regional" refers to the full range of scales between local and global, including regions defined by natural criteria, such as watersheds and ecosystems, and those defined by human activities, such as urban areas and their hinterlands.
We encourage submissions on interdisciplinary research across the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, and on more focused studies that contribute towards the solutions to complex environmental problems. Topics addressed include (i) the regional manifestations of global change, especially the vulnerability of regions and sectors; (ii) the adaptation of social-ecological systems to environmental change in the context of sustainable development; and (iii) trans-boundary and cross-jurisdictional issues, legislative and governance frameworks, and the broad range of policy and management issues associated with building, maintaining and restoring robust social-ecological systems at regional scales.
The primary format of contributions are research articles, presenting new evidence from analyses of empirical data or else more theoretical investigations of regional environmental change. In addition to research articles, we also publish editorials, short communications, invited mini-reviews on topics of strong current interest, as well as special features that provide multifaceted discussion of complex topics or particular regions. hide
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Publications
| Title | Type | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment of coastal risk reduction and adaptation-labelled responses in Mauritius Island (Indian Ocean) | Journal Article | Duvat et al. Duvat, Virginie K.E. and Anisimov, Ariadna and Magnan, Alexandre K. | 2020 |
| Climate change adaptation planning in practice: insights from the Caribbean | Journal Article | Thomas et al. Thomas, Adelle and Shooya, Omagano and Rokitzki, Martin and Bertrand, Maria and Lissner, Tabea | 2019 |
| Assessing the implications of a 1.5 °C temperature limit for the Jamaican agriculture sector | Journal Article | Rhiney et al. Rhiney, Kevon and Eitzinger, Anton and Farrell, Aidan D. and Prager, Steven D. | 2018 |
| Assessment of the potential implications of a 1.5 °C versus higher global temperature rise for the Afobaka hydropower scheme in Suriname | Journal Article | Donk et al. Donk, Peter and Van Uytven, Els and Willems, Patrick and Taylor, Michael A. | 2018 |
| Beyond 1.5 °C: vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for Caribbean Small Island Developing States | Journal Article | Michelle A. Mycoo Mycoo, Michelle A. | 2018 |
| Characterizing heat stress on livestock using the temperature humidity index (THI)—prospects for a warmer Caribbean | Journal Article | Lallo et al. Lallo, Cicero H. O. and Cohen, Jane and Rankine, Dale and Taylor, Michael and Cambell, Jayaka and Stephenson, Tannecia | 2018 |
| Climate change impacts on critical international transportation assets of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS): the case of Jamaica and Saint Lucia | Journal Article | Monioudi et al. Monioudi, Isavela Ν. and Asariotis, Regina and Becker, Austin and Bhat, Cassandra and Dowding-Gooden, Danielle and Esteban, Miguel and Feyen, Luc and Mentaschi, Lorenzo and Nikolaou, Antigoni and Nurse, Leonard and Phillips, Willard and Smith, David Α.Υ. and Satoh, Mizushi and Trotz, Ulric O’Donnell and Velegrakis, Adonis F. and Voukouvalas, Evangelos and Vousdoukas, Michalis I. and Witkop, Robert | 2018 |
| Coastal hazard risk assessment for small islands: assessing the impact of climate change and disaster reduction measures on Ebeye (Marshall Islands) | Journal Article | Giardino et al. Giardino, Alessio and Nederhoff, Kees and Vousdoukas, Michalis | 2018 |
| Community-based adaptation in low-lying islands in the Philippines: challenges and lessons learned | Journal Article | Jamero et al. Jamero, Ma. Laurice and Onuki, Motoharu and Esteban, Miguel and Tan, Nicholson | 2018 |
| Conceptions of vulnerability in adaptation projects: a critical examination of the role of development aid agencies in Timor-Leste | Journal Article | Barrowman and Kumar Barrowman, Hannah Maree and Kumar, Mahendra | 2018 |
| Correction to: The Paris Agreement and climate change negotiations: Small Islands, big players | Journal Article | Ourbak and Magnan Ourbak, Timothée and Magnan, Alexandre K. | 2018 |
| Estimating damages from climate-related natural disasters for the Caribbean at 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming above preindustrial levels | Journal Article | Burgess et al. Burgess, Christopher Patrick and Taylor, Michael A. and Spencer, Nekeisha and Jones, Jhordanne and Stephenson, Tannecia S. | 2018 |
| Freshwater stress on small island developing states: population projections and aridity changes at 1.5 and 2 °C | Journal Article | Karnauskas et al. Karnauskas, Kristopher B. and Schleussner, Carl-Friedrich and Donnelly, Jeffrey P. and Anchukaitis, Kevin J. | 2018 |
| Heading for the hills: climate-driven community relocations in the Solomon Islands and Alaska provide insight for a 1.5 °C future | Journal Article | Albert et al. Albert, Simon and Bronen, Robin and Tooler, Nixon and Leon, Javier and Yee, Douglas and Ash, Jillian and Boseto, David and Grinham, Alistair | 2018 |
| Identifying opportunities for long-lasting habitat conservation and restoration in Hawaii’s shifting climate | Journal Article | Fortini and Jacobi Fortini, Lucas B. and Jacobi, James D. | 2018 |
| Management of loss and damage in small island developing states: implications for a 1.5 °C or warmer world | Journal Article | Thomas and Benjamin Thomas, Adelle and Benjamin, Lisa | 2018 |
| Practical tools for quantitative analysis of coastal vulnerability and sea level rise impacts—application in a Caribbean island and assessment of the 1.5 °C threshold | Journal Article | Biondi and Guannel Biondi, Esteban L. and Guannel, Greg | 2018 |
| Reducing external costs of nitrogen pollution by relocation of pig production between regions in the European Union | Journal Article | van Grinsven et al. van Grinsven, Hans J. M. and van Dam, Jan D. and Lesschen, Jan Peter and Timmers, Marloes H. G. and Velthof, Gerard L. and Lassaletta, Luis | 2018 |
| Small island developing states and 1.5 °C | Journal Article | Thomas et al. Thomas, Adelle and Schleussner, Carl-Friedrich and Kumar, Mahendra | 2018 |
| The Paris Agreement and climate change negotiations: Small Islands, big players | Journal Article | Ourbak and Magnan Ourbak, Timothée and Magnan, Alexandre K. | 2018 |
| The implications of rural perceptions of water scarcity on differential adaptation behaviour in Rajasthan, India | Journal Article | Singh et al. Singh, Chandni and Osbahr, Henny and Dorward, Peter | 2018 |
| Climate change impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean and their implications for development | Journal Article | Reyer et al. Reyer, Christopher P.O. and Adams, Sophie and Albrecht, Torsten and Baarsch, Florent and Boit, Alice and Canales Trujillo, Nella and Cartsburg, Matti and Coumou, Dim and Eden, Alexander and Fernandes, Erick and Langerwisch, Fanny and Marcus, Rachel and Mengel, Matthias and Mira-Salama, Daniel and Perette, Mahé and Pereznieto, Paola and Rammig, Anja and Reinhardt, Julia and Robinson, Alexander and Rocha, Marcia and Sakschewski, Boris and Schaeffer, Michiel and Schleussner, Carl-Friedrich and Serdeczny, Olivia and Thonicke, Kirsten | 2017 |
| Human dimensions of environmental change in small island developing states: some common themes | Journal Article | Weir and Pittock Weir, Tony and Pittock, Jamie | 2017 |
| Regional organisations and climate change adaptation in small island developing states | Journal Article | Robinson and Gilfillan Robinson, Stacy-Ann and Gilfillan, Daniel | 2017 |
| Lisbon's womb: an approach to the city metabolism in the turn to the twentieth century | Journal Article | Niza et al. Niza, Samuel and Ferreira, Daniela and Mourão, Joana and d'Almeida, Patrícia Bento and Marat-Mendes, Teresa | 2016 |
| Lisbon’s womb: an approach to the city metabolism in the turn to the twentieth century | Journal Article | Niza et al. Niza, Samuel; Ferreira, Daniela; Mourão, Joana; d’Almeida, Patrícia Bento; Marat-Mendes, Teresa | 2016 |
| Environmental change and food security: the special case of small island developing states | Journal Article | Lowitt et al. Lowitt, Kristen and Ville, Arlette Saint and Lewis, Patsy and Hickey, Gordon M. | 2015 |
| Beyond the core: community governance for climate-change adaptation in peripheral parts of Pacific Island Countries | Journal Article | Nunn et al. Nunn, Patrick D. and Aalbersberg, William and Lata, Shalini and Gwilliam, Marion | 2014 |
| Grain, meat and vegetables to feed Paris: where did and do they come from? Localising Paris food supply areas from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century | Journal Article | G. Billen • S. Barles • P. Chatzimpiros • J. Garnier G. Billen • S. Barles • P. Chatzimpiros • J. Garnier | 2012 |
| The food-print of Paris: long-term reconstruction of the nitrogen flows imported into the city from its rural hinterland | Journal Article | Billen et al. Billen, Giles, and Barles, Sabine, and Garnier, Josette, and Rouillard, Josephine, and Benoit, Paul | 2009 |