This article reviews the variety of definitions proposed for “resilience” within sustainability science and suggests a typology according to the specific degree of normativity. There is a tension between the original descriptive concept of resilience first defined in ecological science and a more recent, vague, and malleable notion of resilience used as an approach or boundary object by differe...

Abstract Background I review the natural history of tuco-tuco Ctenomys magellanicus in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, southernmost geographic regions shared by Argentina Chile. By mean both historical records ecological features this gregarious burrowing rodent. Methods results conducted a selective C. , as recorded mainstream journals proceedings, landmark monographs books, internet sources. ...

A central issue in the study of organizations relates to the explanation of the genesis of organizational diversity. In this context, niche-width theory deals with the consequences for organizational form survival of intertemporal selection processes in industries that feature environmental variation over time. Drawing from evolutionary biology, the theory links environmental change patterns to...

If we recognize that architects have historically played a role as technological innovators, then we must also recognize that architects, like scientists, are engaged in a form of applied research. Our university-based team has applied design thinking skills to a problem that involves energy production, energy transmission, and urban living. We believe a Renewable Energy Infrastructure (REI) wi...

The article examines the heuristic and methodological potential of socio-cultural anthropoecology as an element human resources management policy in context sustainable development. author defines anthropology ecology science laws structure, functioning development ecosystem “man - nature society culture”. shows that a scientific discipline makes it possible to get new knowledge such spheres ge...

Extracting nutrients is of upmost importance to the survival of any individual or species. One of the distinguishing characteristics of the order Primates is the vast range of nutritional adaptations it exhibits. Within our own species all manner of adaptations are practiced and it has been a major focus of research to determine when and where these various patterns originated. We present one m...

Contemporary ecospirituality is built on a double articulation between ecology (science) and spirituality (religion) can be intertwined with practices beliefs stemming from neopaganism and, more broadly, an animist vision. The study presented here anchored in social anthropology, which adds important empirical dimension that often underrepresented within the contemporary debates of philosophica...