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  • Exploring the integration of the land, water, and energy nexus in sustainable food systems research through a socio-economic lens : a systematic literature review 
    Cho, Matilda Azong; Ramoelo, Abel; Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele (MDPI, 2023-12-04)
    The efficient use of land, water, and energy resources in Africa is crucial for achieving sustainable food systems (SFSs). A SFS refers to all the related activities and processes from farm to fork and the range of actors ...
  • Politics of security sector reform : violence and the emergence of regional security outfits in Nigeria 
    Nnabuihe, Onyekachi E.; Ashindorbe, Kelvin; Odobo, Samuel Osagie (Center for African Studies, University of Florida, 2023-07)
    A growing deterioration of the security situation in Nigeria is provoking debate about the subsisting federalized but ineffective policing structure. The general deterioration of security is also manifesting in the growth ...
  • Sustainability of drinking water and sanitation delivery systems in rural communities of the Lepelle Nkumpi Local Municipality, South Africa 
    Bazaanah, Prosper; Mothapo, Raesibe A. (Springer, 2024-06)
    Water and sanitation are core for the growth and development of communities. Yet, South African local municipalities are often unable to sustainably deliver safe water and basic sanitation for all. Drawing on perspectives ...
  • Proposed solutions to anthropogenic climate change : a systematic literature review and a new way forward 
    Feigin, Svetlana V.; Wiebers, David O.; Lueddeke, George; Morand, Serge; Lee, Kelley; Knight, Andrew; Brainin, Michael; Feigin, Valery L.; Whitfort, Amanda; Marcum, James; Shackelford, Todd K.; Skerratt, Lee F.; Winkler, Andrea S. (Elsevier, 2023-10)
    Humanity is now facing what may be the biggest challenge to its existence: irreversible climate change brought about by human activity. Our planet is in a state of emergency, and we only have a short window of time (7–8 ...
  • Ten new insights in climate science 2022 
    Mbow, Cheikh; Martin, Maria A.; Boakye, Emmanuel A.; Boyd, Emily; Broadgate, Wendy; Bustamante, Mercedes; Canadell, Josep G.; Carr, Edward R.; Chu, Eric K.; Cleugh, Helen; Csevár, Szilvia; Daoudy, Marwa; De Bremond, Ariane; Dhimal, Meghnath; Ebi, Kristie L.; Edwards, Clea; Fuss, Sabine; Girardin, Martin P.; Glavovic, Bruce; Hebden, Sophie; Hirota, Marina; Hsu, Huang-Hsiung; Huq, Saleemul; Ingold, Karin; Johannessen, Ola M.; Kameyama, Yasuko; Kumarasinghe, Nilushi; Langendijk, Gaby S.; Lissner, Tabea; Lwasa, Shuaib; Machalaba, Catherine; Maltais, Aaron; Mathai, Manu V.; Mbow, Cheikh; McNamara, Karen E.; Mukherji, Aditi; Murray, Virginia; Mysiak, Jaroslav; Okereke, Chukwumerije; Ospina, Daniel; Otto, Friederike; Prakash, Anjal; Pulhin, Juan M.; Raju, Emmanuel; Redman, Aaron; Rigaud, Kanta K.; Rockstrom, Johan; Roy, Joyashree; Schipper, E. Lisa F.; Schlosser, Peter; Schulz, Karsten A.; Schumacher, Kim; Schwarz, Luana; Scown, Murray; Sedova, Barbora; Siddiqui, Tasneem A.; Singh, Chandni; Sioen, Giles B.; Stammer, Detlef; Steinert, Norman J.; Suk, Sunhee; Sutton, Rowan; Thalheimer, Lisa; Van Aalst, Maarten; Van der Geest, Kees; Zhao, Zhirong Jerry (Cambridge University Press, 2022-11)
    NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY. We summarize what we assess as the past year’s most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health ...
  • Why care about theories? Innovative ways of theorizing in sustainability science 
    Schluter, Maja; Caniglia, Guido; Orach, Kirill; Bodin, Orjan; Magliocca, Nicolas; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Reyers, Belinda (Elsevier, 2022-02)
    The complex nature of sustainability problems and the aim of sustainability science to support emergent processes of transformation require rethinking how we build and make use of theories. We highlight the diversity of ...
  • Geospatial-based analysis for soil erosion susceptibility evaluation : application of a hybrid decision model 
    Okonkwo, Chris C.; Chukwuma, Emmanuel Chibundo; Orakwe, Louis C.; Okafor, Gloria C. (Springer, 2023-03)
    Erosion hazard is a major environmental change in developing countries and therefore necessitates investigations for effective erosion control measures. This study is hinged on the numerous advantages of a hybrid Multi-Criteria ...
  • The International Law Commission, the Institut, and States 
    Tladi, Dire (Cambridge University Press, 2023-09-11)
  • Agricultural social networks : an agricultural value chain-based digitalization framework for an inclusive digital economy 
    Tombe, Ronald; Smuts, H (MDPI, 2023-05)
    Sustainable agriculture is the backbone of food security systems and a driver of human well-being in global economic development (Sustainable Development Goal SDG 3). With the increase in world population and the effects ...
  • Exploring wildfire occurrence : local farmers’ perceptions and adaptation strategies in Central Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa 
    Kouassi, Jean-Luc; Wandan, Narcisse; Mbow, Cheikh (Taylor and Francis, 2022)
    Wildfires are an important ecological threat in Côte d’Ivoire with the northern half the most affected zone. This study assessed farmers’ perception of wildfire occurrence in the N’Zi River Watershed and compared this ...
  • Social-ecological change : insights from the Southern African program on ecosystem change and society 
    Biggs, Reinette; Clements, Hayley S.; Cumming, Graeme S.; Cundill, Georgina; De Vos, Alta; Hamann, Maike; Luvuno, Linda; Roux, Dirk J.; Selomane, Odirilwe; Blanchard, Ryan; Cockburn, Jessica; Dziba, Luthando; Esler, Karen J.; Fabricius, Christo; Henriksson, Rebecka; Kotschy, Karen; Lindborg, Regina; Masterson, Vanessa A.; Nel, Jeanne L.; O’Farrell, Patrick; Palmer, Carolyn G.; Pereira, Laura; Pollard, Sharon; Preiser, Rika; Scholes, Robert J.; Shackleton, Charlie; Shackleton, Sheona; Sitas, Nadia; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Spierenburg, Marja; Tengo, Maria; Reyers, Belinda (Taylor and Francis Group, 2022-08-14)
    Social-ecological systems (SES) research has emerged as an important area of sustainability science, informing and supporting pressing issues of transformation towards more sustainable, just and equitable futures. To ...
  • Community participation in water and sanitation service delivery : an empirical case of Mantsopa Municipality, South Africa 
    Bazaanah, Prosper; Litabe, Nthama Mathews (Zibeline International, 2023)
    This study examined the impact of community participation on water and sanitation services in the Mantsopa Municipality. Qualitative methods, including interviews with community representatives and municipal officials, ...
  • Mechanical impact evaluation of natural fibres with LDPE plastic composites : waste management in perspective 
    Arinze, R.U.; Oramah, E.; Chukwuma, Emmanuel Chibundo; Okoye, N.H.; Chris-Okafor, P.U. (Elsevier, 2022-04)
    There is increased enthusiasm towards the use of natural hair fibers for plastic reinforcement due to their toughness and light weight. In this research, low density polyethylene (LDPE) was reinforced using 0.25 ​M NaOH ...
  • Sex, profit, and political power : California and its influence on Paris’s queer business, press and politics in the late 1970s and 80s 
    Katito, George (Routledge, 2022)
    In late 1970s Paris, San Francisco Nights and Far West, popular institutions in the city’s new queer nightlife, helped fashion new sexual norms. They were part of a constellation of California-inspired places that stimulated ...
  • Communication 
    Della Togna, M.; Garman, A.; Adjin-Tettey, T.D.; Diale, M.; Hyera, F.; Bukula, T.; Halse, P.; Petersen, F.; Bombi, T.; Kleyn, Leti (DPME (Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation), GTAC (Government Technical Advisory Centre) & NRF (National Research Foundation), 2021-06)
    This chapter discusses research on the capacity and effectiveness of government’s communications strategy as South Africa went through the various stages of lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. It probes the ...
  • Legal and regulatory responses 
    Soodyall, H.; Ataguba, J.; Botes, M.; Dhansay, M.A.; Du Plessis, E.; Gray, G.; Kleyn, Leti; Reddy, P.; Rumbold, K.; Thaldar, D. (DPME (Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation), GTAC (Government Technical Advisory Centre) & NRF (National Research Foundation), 2021)
    Covid-19 pandemic posed a unique challenge to legislatures and executives worldwide, necessitating the development of new regulations. This chapter evaluates South Africa’s legal and regulatory response to Covid-19 ...
  • Application of synthesized fish scale chito-protein (FSC) for the treatment of abattoir wastewater : coagulation-flocculation kinetics and equilibrium modeling 
    Okey-Onyesolu, Chinenye Faith; Chukwuma, Emmanuel Chibundo; Okoye, Chukwunonso Chukwuzuloke; Taiwo, Abiola Ezekiel (Elsevier, 2022-09)
    This work explores the use of chito-protein synthesized from fish scale as a bio-coagulant in Abattoir wastewater (AW) treatment. The effect of settling time, pH, adsorbent dosage, and temperature of coagulation on Biochemical ...
  • The contributions of resilience to reshaping sustainable development 
    Reyers, Belinda; Moore, Michele-Lee; Haider, L. Jamila; Schluter, Maja (Nature Research, 2022-05)
    We review the past decade’s widespread application of resilience science in sustainable development practice and examine whether and how resilience is reshaping this practice to better engage in complex contexts. We analyse ...
  • Reconciling well-being and resilience for sustainable development 
    Chaigneau, Tomas; Coulthard, Sarah; Daw, Tim M.; Szaboova, Lucy; Camfield, Laura; Chapin I.I.I., F. Stuart; Gasper, Des; Gurney, Georgina G.; Hicks, Christina C.; Ibrahim, Maggie; James, Thomas; Jones, Lindsey; Matthews, Nathanial; McQuistan, Colin; Reyers, Belinda; Brown, Katrina (Nature Publishing, 2022-04)
    Securing well-being and building resilience in response to shocks are often viewed as key goals of sustainable development. Here, we present an overview of the latest published evidence, as well as the consensus of a diverse ...
  • The contribution of trees outside of forests to landscape carbon and climate change mitigation in West Africa 
    Mbow, Cheikh; Skole, David L.; Samek, Jay H.; Dieng, Moussa; Mbow, Cheikh (MDPI, 2021-11-28)
    While closed canopy forests have been an important focal point for land cover change monitoring and climate change mitigation, less consideration has been given to methods for large scale measurements of trees outside of ...