Caitlin M. S. Douglas

Potential Pathways and Solutions to Acute Food System Crisis in the UK

Sarah Bridle, Elta Smith, Aled Wynne Jones, Pete Falloon et autres

There is increasing concern in many advanced economies about the risks of disruption and crises in agri-food systems. Government departments and non-governmental organisations are working to identify and understand specific risks but struggle to take broad, holistic perspectives and therefore underestimate the …

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Understanding regenerative agriculture in Europe: An analysis of academic literature, stakeholder perceptions and policy comparing Spain and the UK

Yara Shennan‐Farpón, Audrey Vion-Loisel, Arnout van Soesbergen, Elena López‐Gunn et autres

Europe’s food and agricultural systems face multiple threats, from soil degradation, to water availability, high input costs and changing agricultural policy and trade environments. At the same time, the environmental degradation associated with agriculture threatens biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services …

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Applications of environmental intelligence for rural land management

Caitlin M. S. Douglas, Mark P. Mulligan

Environmental intelligence brings together multiple data streams, employing human reasoning and machine learning to better understand and manage the environment. This article describes the possibilities and limitations of using environmental intelligence to support outcomes-based rural land management policy. We argue that environmental …

What Have We Learned from the Climate Service Projects Delivered Through the UK Climate Resilience Programme?

Caitlin M. S. Douglas, Mark Harrison

Abstract Climate service delivery depends on the presence of positive enabling conditions within service providers, user organisations and the wider context in which the prototype is being developed (i.e. the political, economic, social, cultural or legal landscape). User trust in a service …

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Scoping Potential Routes to UK Civil Unrest via the Food System: Results of a Structured Expert Elicitation

Aled Wynne Jones, Sarah Bridle, Katherine Denby, Riaz Bhunnoo et autres

We report the results of a structured expert elicitation to identify the most likely types of potential food system disruption scenarios for the UK, focusing on routes to civil unrest. We take a backcasting approach by defining as an end-point a societal …

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Natural Flood Management in the Thames Basin: Building Evidence for What Will and Will Not Work

Mark P. Mulligan, Arnout van Soesbergen, Caitlin M. S. Douglas, Sophia Burke

Abstract This chapter is written primarily for those planning to implement, or wanting to evaluate the effectiveness of, natural flood management (NFM) interventions. To support evidence-based decision making, we describe applications of a range of spatial Policy Support Systems as well as …

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Methodologies to Assess and Map the Biophysical Effectiveness of Nature Based Solutions

Mark P. Mulligan, Sophia Burke, Caitlin M. S. Douglas, Arnout van Soesbergen

Abstract Nature based solutions to mitigate flooding (Natural Flood Management, NFM) can help address persistent flooding on smaller rivers that are beyond the reach of governmental grey infrastructure flood protection schemes and can also contribute to ‘green-grey’ solutions for larger rivers, recognising …

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Guidance on applying environmental intelligence to inform green investment

Caitlin M. S. Douglas, Mark P. Mulligan, Arnout van Soesbergen, Sophia Burke

In this paper we show how environmental intelligence (EI) can be used to obtain evidence to support green investments focused on land use in urban and rural areas. Specifically, we propose a six step R&D process to facilitate the development and use …

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Environmental Intelligence for more Sustainable Infrastructure Investment

Mark P. Mulligan, Caitlin M. S. Douglas, Arnout van Soesbergen, Maoijing Shi et autres

Intelligence is the ability to learn, understand and thus manage new or trying situations through reasoning (inferences based on facts or premises). Environmental Intelligence brings together multiple data streams (facts) from ground-based, satellite and citizen sources with cutting-edge hardware, software and analytical …

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Identifying the determinants of tree distributions along a large ephemeral river

Caitlin M. S. Douglas, Guy Cowlishaw, Xavier A. Harrison, Joh R. Henschel et autres

Abstract Although ephemeral rivers act as linear oases and play a fundamental role in sustaining regional biodiversity in dryland regions, little is known about these systems or their sensitivity to human impacts. Without such knowledge, it is difficult to manage or conserve …

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Widespread dieback of riparian trees on a dammed ephemeral river and evidence of local mitigation by tributary flows

Caitlin M. S. Douglas, Mark P. Mulligan, Xavier A. Harrison, Joh R. Henschel et autres

Ephemeral rivers act as linear oases in drylands providing key resources to people and wildlife. However, not much is known about these rivers’ sensitivities to human activities. We investigated the landscape-level determinants of riparian tree dieback along the Swakop River, a dammed …

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The distribution and survival of riparian trees along a dammed ephemeral river

Caitlin M. S. Douglas