The Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways (DAPP) approach has successfully been used to manage uncertainties in large infrastructure projects. However, the viability of the DAPP approach for spatial planning in smaller municipal settings is not clear. Thi...
There is increasing interest in long-term plans that can adapt to changing situations under conditions of deep uncertainty. We argue that a sustainable plan should not only achieve economic, environmental, and social objectives, but should be robust...
Sea-level rise increasingly affects low-lying and exposed coastal communities due to climate change. These communities rely upon the delivery of stormwater and wastewater services which are often co-located underground in coastal areas. Due to sea-le...
Institutions matter because they are instrumental in systematically adapting to global climate change, reducing disaster risks, and building resilience. Without institutionalised action, adapting to climatic change remains ad-hoc. Using exploratory r...
Heat exposure is a well-known health hazard, which causes several problems ranging from thermal discomfort or productivity reduction to the aggravation of existing illnesses and death. Climate projections foresee an increase in the frequency and inte...
Tourism has emerged as a critical economic pillar for many island communities worldwide, transforming their socio-economic structure and land use strategies. However, intensifying typhoons and other extreme climate events pose escalating risks to the...
Emerging hybrid governance models are transforming conventional approaches to land-use regulation by simultaneously enabling urban–rural development and enforcing ecological safeguards. This study investigates the regulatory mechanisms underpin...
This paper addresses issues such as nonlinearity, model uncertainty, and multiple policy constraints within the dynamic evolution of new quality productive forces systems. It proposes a research framework integrating data-driven modelling with adapti...
Amid escalating climate change and China’s “dual carbon” policy imperative, resource-based listed firms face urgent yet complex green transition challenges that single-factor approaches fail to adequately explain. Grounded in comple...
This paper analyses the science–policy interactions in the field of flood risk governance against the background of climate change. By the example of three neighbouring Alpine regions (Switzerland, Southern Germany and Austria), the study striv...
Climate change poses accelerating and intensifying threats to cultural heritage worldwide, necessitating urgent and coordinated state-level responses. This study critically examines China’s governance framework for climate adaptation of cultura...
Global digitalization drives policy-led transformation in the construction industry, yet its effectiveness hinges on localized implementation. However, research on China’s regional digital policies remains insufficient, particularly in systemat...
Managing sustainable rural tourism requires a strategic transformation adapted to local conditions, the complexity of rural institutions, and the dynamics of future changes. In addition, it must be inclusive. This paper presents transformation pathwa...
As cultural heritage carriers, traditional architectural decorative techniques face substantial adaptation challenges in contemporary society. Chaozhou Inlaid Porcelain, a nationally recognized intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of China, integrates...
The “Ten-Year Fishing Ban” policy in the Yangtze River Basin aims to restore ecological diversity but poses significant challenges for the fishermen in their transition to alternative livelihoods. This study focuses on fishermen who worke...
Under China’s ‘Dual Carbon’ strategy, the power sector plays a central role in achieving carbon neutrality. This study develops a bi-level game-optimization model involving the government, power producers, and technology suppliers t...
As Thailand advances regional economic revitalization through the Southern Thailand Special Economic Corridor (SSEC), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have become pivotal to sustainable economic transformation. However, limited empirical evi...
This study systematically reviews and re-evaluates the international competitiveness and economic sustainability of China’s solar photovoltaic (PV) industry. Based on the PRISMA protocol, it integrates both qualitative and quantitative evidence...
Biological systems, ranging from ant colonies to neural ecosystems, exhibit remarkable self-organizing intelligence. Inspired by these phenomena, this study investigates how bio-inspired computing principles can bridge game-theoretic rationality and...
The northern agro-pastoral ecotone of China faces persistent trade-offs among cultivated land (CL) protection, energy development, water constraints, and ecological restoration, posing challenges for sustainable human–land interactions. Focusin...
Türkiye’s forest governance exhibits a persistent policy–implementation gap rooted in a governance paradox: while the Ecosystem-Based Functional Planning (EBFP) system promotes ecological integrity and adaptive management, the founda...
Forest ecological compensation policies (FECPs) are a key institutional arrangement for balancing ecological conservation and farmers’ development needs in national parks. Existing research has often treated such policies as a homogeneous whole...
This study examines the policy and technological dynamics shaping China’s road transport sector’s transition to low-carbon sustainability, focusing on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (HFCEVs). As...
This study introduces a novel control strategy tailored to nonlinear systems with non-minimum phase (NMP) characteristics. The framework leverages reinforcement learning within a cascade control architecture that integrates an Actor–Critic stru...
Strengthening climate resilience constitutes a foundational approach through which cities adapt to climate change and mitigate associated environmental risks. However, research on the influence of economic policy environments on climate resilience re...
The paper aimed at exploring the role of local industrial clusters as a part of an important evidence-based pathway for operationalizing smart specialization policy. Hitherto, the scientific debate has been largely focused on the relationship of clus...
Resource-exhausted cities face intertwined economic, social, and ecological pressures during transition, yet the dynamic evolution and pathway-specific responses of their socio-ecological resilience remain insufficiently understood. Using Jiaozuo, Ch...
Climate change is increasing compound and cascading risks across interdependent transport, water, energy, drainage, communication, and emergency-service systems. Digital-twin research commonly addresses asset monitoring, urban visualization, hazard m...
This paper revisits assimilation theory—developed to explain immigrant incorporation into U.S. society—and advances a reformulation centered on reciprocal assimilation. Classical models describe a linear convergence toward dominant Anglo-...
The IPCC emphasizes the role of forests in the sequestration of greenhouse gases, a significant cause of climate change. Accordingly, it shows the importance of predicting changes in forests due to climate change, evaluating them to reduce vulnerabil...
AI technologies are increasingly applied to optimize operations in both port and urban logistics systems, yet integration across the full maritime city chain remains limited. The objective of this study is to assess, using a simulation-based experime...
Phytoplankton–mesozooplankton interactions play a central role in shaping Black Sea food web dynamics, yet their trophic coupling has been insufficiently investigated in policy-relevant frameworks. This systematic review of 86 peer-reviewed stu...
Cybersecurity has become a critical challenge to policy as cyber threats continue to increase in frequency, sophistication, and societal impact, exposing the growing vulnerability of the critical infrastructure supporting vital societal functions. Gl...
Exploring the action mechanisms and enhancement pathways of the resilience of agricultural product green supply chains is conducive to strengthening the system’s risk resistance capacity and providing decision support for achieving the “d...
Responsive architecture is increasingly understood as an adaptive socio-technical paradigm in which buildings respond to environmental conditions, user behavior, and safety-related events through integrated sensing, computation, and control. In paral...
The convergence of climate change, migration, and health represents a critical global challenge, with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region illustrating acute vulnerabilities while offering insight relevant beyond the region. Increasing expo...
In the context of global climate change, understanding how extreme heat affects energy poverty is critical for both policy and household welfare. This study investigates the association between heat shocks and energy poverty among rural households in...
Reservoir operation during flood events is a critical component of water resources management, requiring the balancing of flood risk mitigation, water supply, and system safety under significant uncertainty. Traditional rule-based and optimization me...
Based on niche theory, this paper constructs an evaluation index system for regional innovation ecosystem suitability from four aspects: innovation benefits, innovation technology, innovation culture, and innovation policy. The niche evaluation model...
Data has become a strategic production factor, but the institutional logic underlying data’s tradability, priceability, and governability remains insufficiently theorized. In response, this study develops a coevolutionary framework that connect...
The accurate forecasting of vegetable prices is crucial for policy formulation, market decisions, and agricultural market stability. Traditional time-series models often require manual parameter tuning and struggle to effectively handle the complex n...
The collaboration between economic and ecological departments in land-use planning is crucial for advancing sustainable development. However, existing research has largely focused on macro-level policies and technical instruments, paying insufficient...
Under China’s diversified food supply strategy and the accelerated modernization of its fisheries sector, marine ranches have become vital food sources and production bases. Their digital–intelligent transformation now represents a key pa...
Crystallization is a fundamental unit operation in chemical, pharmaceutical, and energy industries, where strict control of crystal size distribution (CSD) is essential for ensuring product quality and process efficiency. However, the nonlinear dynam...
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Active tension control in marine cable winch systems is challenged by vessel heave motion under irregular wave excitation, which generates dynamic disturbances that fixed-gain proportional-integral (PI) controllers cannot fully compensate. This study...
Effective and sustainable water reserve management faces increasing challenges due to climate-induced variability, data fragmentation, and the limitations of traditional, static modeling systems. This study introduces a conceptual framework designed...
Marine ecological assets (MEAs) comprise habitats, living resources, and ecosystem services and are globally fundamental to biodiversity conservation, climate regulation, and sustainable development. However, the establishment of systematic framework...
This study set out to identify emerging trends in advancing engineering for sustainable development, supporting the engineering workforce to address wicked problems, and strengthening pathways between engineering education, industry, and policy. The...
This study undertakes a comprehensive multi-country analysis to investigate the intricate relationships among climate change, cultural dynamics, and sustainable development. Leveraging a robust, unbalanced panel dataset that encompasses one hundred a...
We developed an AI-assisted zero-trust control system at low capital expenditure to retrofit brownfield Ethernet environments without disruptive hardware upgrades or costly software-defined networking migration. Legacy network infrastructures in smal...
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