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Water conflicts: Exploring how stakeholder behaviours influence conflict (de-)escalation in practice 水资源冲突：探讨利益相关者行为在实践中如何影响冲突（降级）升级

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104096

Heather K. Anderson, Richard S. Quilliam, Heather Price

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Assessing extreme heat risk perception: Awareness, worry, preparedness and social capital in Texas 评估极端高温风险感知：德克萨斯州的意识、担忧、准备和社会资本

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104072

Sandeep Paul , Kayee Zhou , R. Patrick Bixler

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Understanding stakeholder influence on resident participation in neighborhood rehabilitation from a project lifecycle perspective 从项目生命周期的角度理解利益相关者对居民参与社区修复的影响

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104091

Yu Li , Penglin Zhu , Erwin Mlecnik , Henk J. Visscher , Queena K. Qian

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Opening Editorial: The contested nature of climate change: Feminist and decolonial perspectives for transformative adaptation 社论：气候变化的争议性：变革适应的女权主义和非殖民化观点

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104082

Irene Iniesta-Arandia , Federica Ravera

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Cultivating collective imagination beyond crisis 培养超越危机的集体想象力

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104074

Rose Cairns

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Setting global deadlines for the elimination of major groups of persistent organic pollutants 为消除主要类别的持久性有机污染物设定全球最后期限

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104090

Ishmail Sheriff

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From soil sciences to soil economics: A cross-analysis of natural capital and soil ecosystem service provision 从土壤科学到土壤经济学：自然资本和土壤生态系统服务提供的交叉分析

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104088

Toho Hien , Christophe Schwartz , Serge Garcia

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Unchecking the box: Overcoming barriers to meaningful consultation 取消勾选：克服进行有意义磋商的障碍

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104085

Jeremy Sorgen , Peter Nelson , Van Butsic , Seth LaRosa , Shasta Gaughen , Earl Crosby , Robert Geary , Jennifer Sowerwine

{"title":"Unchecking the box: Overcoming barriers to meaningful consultation","authors":"Jeremy Sorgen , Peter Nelson , Van Butsic , Seth LaRosa , Shasta Gaughen , Earl Crosby , Robert Geary , Jennifer Sowerwine","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104085","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104085","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Intergovernmental consultation between public agencies and Tribal governments is a critical component of affirming Indigenous land sovereignty and protecting sacred sites and cultural resources in land use and decision making. However, despite the growing prevalence locally and nationally of natural and cultural resource laws that mandate government to government consultation, achieving “meaningful consultation” remains elusive. This article analyzes barriers to meaningful consultation through a case study analysis of intergovernmental consultation around cultural resources and cannabis permitting on Tribal ancestral lands in California. This study argues that cultural resource laws in general suffer from asymmetrical power relations, which are codified into policy through provisions such as “agency discretion” and unfunded mandates. We differentiate between “structural” barriers to consultation as those which embody exclusionary mechanisms of settler colonialism and “soft” barriers such as cultural differences, knowledge gaps, and relationships, all of which undermine the consultation process. Meaningful consultation requires equitable Tribal-agency relations, which depend on policies that affirm Tribal authority in land use decision making, as well as agency and Tribal capacity building, with equitable funding for Tribal staff time, Tribal-agency trust and relationship building, and agency training in Tribal culture, history, and cultural resource policy. Cultural resource laws and consultation policies that affirm Tribal sovereignty demonstrate awareness of and incorporate measures intended to eliminate these barriers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 104085"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143899033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The rationales of managing public space: Changing values in a developing discipline 公共空间管理的基本原理：发展中的学科中不断变化的价值观

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104078

Eva Duivenvoorden , Marlies Brinkhuijsen , Ton Hesselmans , Thomas Hartmann

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Why history matters to planning: Climate change, colonialism & maladaptation 为什么历史对规划很重要：气候变化、殖民主义和适应不良

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104076

Sarah Kehler, S. Jeff Birchall

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