1. Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Assessment for Sustainable Management.
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Szewrański, Szymon, Kazak, Jan K., and Szewrański, Szymon
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Research & information: general ,Aksu-Jabagly nature reserve ,ArcGIS ,Factor Analysis on Mixed Data (FAMD) ,GIS ,Jiuqu stream ,Kazakhstan ,Nepal ,Nysa Kłodzka sub-basin ,Poland ,R ,SDG implementation ,SYNOP ,Support Vector Machines ,Tableau ,Ward's method ,acoustic space ,adaptability ,aging ,analytical hierarchy process ,assessment ,climate ,climate analogues ,climate change ,cluster ,clustering ,community-based assessment ,cross-sectoral partnerships ,cycling ,cycling routes ,dataset ,decision support system ,eco-environmental risk assessment ,ecological restoration ,ecological vulnerability ,education ,energy from biomass ,environmental flow ,environmental hazards ,farm management ,flood risk ,fortified landscape ,geospatial analysis ,geospatial information ,green infrastructure ,green roofs ,healthcare facilities ,heritage protection ,hydropower production ,impact ,impact perception ,indicators ,indigenous peoples ,integrated environmental assessment ,integrated planning index ,inter-municipal cooperation ,land use planning ,local development ,meteorology ,mineral resources ,mountain region ,multidimensional statistical analysis ,municipal waste ,municipalities ,municipality ,n/a ,national park ,natural environment ,nature protection ,noise ,open-source software ,pellets ,performance system ,periodization ,place-based and integrated development ,political environment ,preventive healthcare ,quality of runoff water ,questionnaire survey ,renewable energy ,resource-based economy ,slow cities ,society ,socio-ecological system ,socio-environmental vulnerability ,soil water retention ,solar energy radiation ,spatial policy ,stakeholders ,sustainable development ,sustainable economy ,sustainable management ,sustainable mobility ,sustainable tourism ,synanthropic flora ,technical infrastructure ,technogenic soil ,tourism impact ,traffic safety ,urban planning ,urban vegetation ,vulnerability and adaptation assessment ,water resources ,watershed management ,wood waste ,world heritage - Abstract
Summary: This Special Issue explores the cross-disciplinary approaches, methodologies, and applications of socio-environmental vulnerability assessment that can be incorporated into sustainable management. The volume comprises 20 different points of view, which cover environmental protection and development, urban planning, geography, public policymaking, participation processes, and other cross-disciplinary fields. The articles collected in this volume come from all over the world and present the current state of the world's environmental and social systems at a local, regional, and national level. New approaches and analytical tools for the assessment of environmental and social systems are studied. The practical implementation of sustainable development as well as progressive environmental and development policymaking are discussed. Finally, the authors deliberate about the perspectives of social-environmental systems in a rapidly changing world.