Synchronous failure: the emerging causal architecture of global crisis

Synchronous failure: the emerging causal architecture of global crisis

Recent global crises reveal an emerging pattern of causation that could increasingly characterize the birth and progress of future global crises. A conceptual framework identifies this pattern's deep causes, intermediate processes, and ultimate outcomes. The framework shows how multiple stresse...

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Main Authors: Thomas Homer-Dixon, Brian Walker, Reinette Biggs, Anne-Sophie Crépin, Carl Folke, Eric F. Lambin, Garry D. Peterson, Johan Rockström, Marten Scheffer, Will Steffen, Max Troell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2015-09-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
climate change
conventional oil
financial system
global crisis
grain supply
social-ecological system
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss3/art6/

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