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Brian Petersen
Researcher at Northern Arizona University
Publications - 35
Citations - 990
Brian Petersen is an academic researcher from Northern Arizona University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Rationality. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 33 publications receiving 783 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian Petersen include Western Michigan University & Michigan State University.
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What is sustainable intensification? Views from experts.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors draw from 30 interviews with agricultural experts to assess their perceptions of sustainable intensification, finding that the term is not uniformly understood and the majority of respondents do not see it as a significant departure from current agricultural practices.
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U.S. Natural Resources and Climate Change: Concepts and Approaches for Management Adaptation
Jordan M. West,Susan Julius,Peter Kareiva,Carolyn A. F. Enquist,Joshua J. Lawler,Brian Petersen,Ayana Elizabeth Johnson,M. Rebecca Shaw +7 more
TL;DR: General principles for management adaptations that have emerged from a major literature review are summarized, including how to assess climate impacts to ecosystem processes that are key to management goals and using management practices to support ecosystem resilience.
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The Adaptation for Conservation Targets (ACT) Framework: A Tool for Incorporating Climate Change into Natural Resource Management
Molly S. Cross,Erika S. Zavaleta,Dominique Bachelet,Marjorie L. Brooks,Carolyn A. F. Enquist,Erica Fleishman,Erica Fleishman,Lisa J. Graumlich,Craig Groves,Lee Hannah,Lara J. Hansen,Gregory D. Hayward,Marni E. Koopman,Joshua J. Lawler,Jay R. Malcolm,John R. Nordgren,Brian Petersen,Erika L. Rowland,Daniel Scott,Sarah L. Shafer,M. Rebecca Shaw,Gary M. Tabor +21 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that the participatory Adaptation for Conservation Targets framework is a practical tool for initiating adaptation planning, and for generating and communicating specific management interventions given an increasingly altered, yet uncertain, climate.
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Ideological obstacles to effective climate policy: The greening of markets, technology, and growth:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize and advance critiques of the possibility of a sustainable capitalism by adopting an explicit negative theory of ideology, which they call "negative ideology of ideology".
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Skeptical but adapting: What Midwestern farmers say about climate change
TL;DR: The authors conducted focus groups with 53 Michigan farmers to understand the relationship between climate change and agriculture, what differentiates normal weather-related management from climate change adaptation actions, and how do farmers understand the term "climate change adaptation".