Two types of global environmental change

Turner, B. L.; Kasperson, Roger E.; Meyer, William B.; Dow, Kirstin; Golding, Dominic; Kasperson, Jeanne X.; Mitchell, Robert Cameron; Ratick, Samuel J.

doi:10.1016/0959-3780(90)90004-s

Cited by 241 publications

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“…This study builds on previous work that describes groundwater and agricultural land use changes in the High Plains by investigating an area that has been undergoing rapid change in both water availability and land use. Worldwide, change in a cumulative (rather than systemic) sense (Turner et al 1990) is occurring, with groundwater resource availability dropping in large areas (Postel and Vickers 2004). Adaptation to these regionally‐evident changes may be aided by a better understanding of early responses in areas where stresses are first felt.…”

Section: Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Groundwater Depletion and Agricultural Land Use Change in the High Plains: A Case Study from Wichita County, Kansas*

Kettle

Harrington

2007

The Professional Geographer

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Shifts in resource availability and resulting land use changes are important research themes for coupled human and natural systems and human dimensions of global environmental change. This study examines the relationship between groundwater depletion and agricultural land use change within a single county in the High Plains, where agro‐economic systems and populations are dependent on access to reliable groundwater supplies. Results indicate a significant relationship between high proportionate decreases in groundwater and land being removed from irrigation. This case study strengthens the links among local, regional, and global environmental change, and contributes to a greater understanding of the High Plains in the context of regional sustainability and vulnerability concerns.

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Section: Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Groundwater Depletion and Agricultural Land Use Change in the High Plains: A Case Study from Wichita County, Kansas*

Kettle

Harrington

2007

The Professional Geographer

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“…This emphasis on precipitation, temperature and sea level is perhaps not surprising. Environmental change can be seen as consisting of two components, systemic and cumulative change (Turner et al, 1990). Systemic change refers to occurrences of global scale, physically interconnected phenomena, whereas cumulative change refers to unconnected, local to intermediate scale processes which have a significant net effect on the global system.…”

Section: Climate Means Weather Extremes and Types Of Environmental Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stormy geomorphology: an introduction to the Special Issue

Spencer

Naylor

Lane

et al. 2016

Earth Surf Processes Landf

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Abstract:The degree to which the climate change signal can be seen in the increasing frequency and/or magnitude of extreme events forms a key part of the global environmental change agenda. Geomorphology engages with this debate through extending the instrumental record with palaeogeomorphological research; studying resilience and recovery of geomorphic systems under extreme disturbance; documenting the mediation by catchment organisation of transport processes during extreme events; applying new monitoring methods to better understand processresponse systems; and illustrating how process, experimental and modelling insights can be used to define the buffering of geomorphic systems and human assets from the effects of extremes, providing practical outcomes for practitioners.

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“…Local and regional domains relate to global ones either systemically or cumulatively (B.L. Turner et al, 1990). Systemic changes involve fundamental changes in the functioning of a global system, which may be triggered by local actions (and certainly may affect them) but that transcend simple additive relationships at a global scale.…”

Section: From Pixels To Images: Understanding the Global Nexus Of Colmentioning

confidence: 99%