Citations

Books and Reports

Abson, D. J., Dougill, A. J. and Stringer, L. C. (2012). Spatial mapping of soci-ecological vulnerability to environmental change in Southern Africa. Leeds: Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy. http://www.cccep.ac.uk/Publications/Working-papers/Papers/90-99/WP95-spatial-mapping-socio-ecological-vulnerability-environmental-change-Southern-Africa.pdf

Bai, Z., Dent, D., Wu, Y. and Jong, R. (2013) Land Degradation and Ecosystem Services. Chapter 15 in: Ecosystem Services and Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere, R. Lal, K. Lorenz, R. F. Hüttl, B. U. Schneider & J. von Braun (Eds.), pp. 357-381, Springer Netherlands, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6455-2_15

Busby, J. W., Smith, T., G. and White, K. L. (2012) Climate security and East Africa: A GIS-based analysis of Vulnerability. In: Climate Change and Pastoralism: Traditional Coping Mechanisms and Conflict in the Horn of Africa, M. Gebrehiwot Berhe & J.-B. Butera (Eds.), pp. 56-87, Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University, University for Peace, Africa Programme. http://www.africa-upeace.org/Uploads/Publications/0345b836-4b1d-4c90-b7f4-b240f7bdde9e/0345b836-4b1d-4c90-b7f4-b240f7bdde9e.pdf

Busby, J. W., Smith, T. G., White, K. L. and Strange, S. M. (2012) Locating Climate Insecurity: Where Are the Most Vulnerable Places in Africa? In: Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict, J. Scheffran, M. Brzoska, H. G. Brauch, P. M. Link & J. Schilling (Eds.), Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 463-511. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28626-1_23

Committee on the Earth System Science for Decisions About Human Welfare: Contributions of Remote Sensing, G.S.C., National Research Council (2007) Contributions of Land Remote Sensing for Decisions About Food Security and Human Health: Workshop Report. National Academies Press, Washington DC. http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11759

DeFries, R., Pagiola, S., Adamowicz, W.L., Akcakaya, H.R., Arcenas, A., Babu, S., Balk, D., Confalonieri, U., Cramer, W., Falconi, F., Fritz, S., Green, R., Gutierrez-Espeleta, E., Hamilton, K., Kane, R., Latham, J., Matthews, E., Ricketts, T. and Yue, T.X. (2005) Analytical Approaches for Assessing Ecosystem Condition and Human Well-being. Chapter 2 in: Hassan, R., Scholes, R., Ash, N. (Eds.) Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Current State and Trends, Volume 1. pp. 37-71. Island Press, Washington, Covelo, London. http://www.maweb.org/documents/document.271.aspx.pdf

Faurès, J.-M. and Santini, G. (2008) Water and the Rural Poor: Interventions for improving livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa. p. 94. FAO Land and Water Division, Rome. http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/i0132e/i0132e00.htm

Gerber, N., Nkonya, E. and Braun, J. (2014) Land Degradation, Poverty and Marginality. Chapter 12 in: Marginality, J. von Braun & F. W. Gatzweiler (Eds.), pp. 181-202, Springer Netherlands. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7061-4_12

Hennig, B. D. (2013) Rediscovering the World, Springer, 266pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34848-8

Kok, M. T. J., Lüdeke, M. K. B., Sterzel, T., Lucas, P. L., Walter, C., Janssen, P. and de Soysa, I. (2010). Quantitative Analysis of Patterns of Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. http://www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/550025005.pdf

Lucas, P., Kok, M. T. J., Hilderink, H. B. M. and Ludeke, M. K. B. (2013) Human security at risk. Chapter 8 in: A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action, L. Sygna, K. O'Brien & J. Wolf (Eds.), pp. 91-129, Routledge Taylor & Francis.

Michalopoulos, S. and Papaioannou, E. (2011) Divide and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series No. 17184. http://www.nber.org/papers/w17184

Mittermeier, R. A., Turner, W. R., Larsen, F. W., Brooks, T. M. and Gascon, C. (2011) Global Biodiversity Conservation: The Critical Role of Hotspots. In: Biodiversity Hotspots, F. E. Zachos & J. C. Habel (eds.), Springer Berlin Heidelberg. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20992-5_1

National Research Council (2012) Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis, The National Academies Press, 252 pp., http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=14682

Nkonya, E., Gerber, N., Baumgartner, P., von Braun, J., De Pinto, A., Graw, V., Kato, E., Kloos, J. and Walter, T. (2011). The Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation, and Drought: Toward an Integrated Global Assessment. Washington DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). http://www.ifpri.org/publication/economics-desertification-land-degradation-and-drought

Journal Articles

Baldi, G. and Jobbágy, E. G. (2012) Land use in the dry subtropics: Vegetation composition and production across contrasting human contexts. Journal of Arid Environments 76(0): 115-127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.08.016

Blom, L., van Niekerk, A. & Laflamme, L. (2011) Epidemiology of fatal burns in rural South Africa: A mortuary register-based study from Mpumalanga Province. Burns 37(8): 1394-1402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2011.07.014

Buhaug, H., Gleditsch, K. S., Holtermann, H., Østby, G. and Tollefsen, A. F. (2011) It’s the local economy, stupid! Geographic wealth dispersion and conflict outbreak location. Journal of Conflict Resolution. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022002711408011

Carr, E.R., Kettle, N.P. and Hoskins, A. (2009) Evaluating poverty-environment dynamics. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 16(2): 87 - 93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504500902808792

Chammartin, F., Scholte, R., Malone, J., Bavia, M., Nieto, P., Utzinger, J. and Vounatsou, P. (2013) Modelling the geographical distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Bolivia. Parasites & Vectors 6(1): 152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-152

de Sherbinin, A. (2008) Is poverty more acute near parks? An assessment of infant mortality rates around protected areas in developing countries. Oryx, 42(1): 26-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605308000781

Elvidge, C.D., Sutton, P.C., Ghosh, T., Tuttle, B.T., Baugh, K.E., Bhaduri, B. and Bright, E. (2009) A global poverty map derived from satellite data. Computers & Geosciences, 35(8): 1652-1660. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2009.01.009

Erenstein, O., Hellin, J. and Chandna, P. (2010) Poverty mapping based on livelihood assets: A meso-level application in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India. Applied Geography, 30(1): 112-125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.05.001

Feldacker, C., Ennett, S. T. and Speizer, I. (2011) It's not just who you are but where you live: An exploration of community influences on individual HIV status in rural Malawi. Social Science & Medicine, 72(5): 717-725. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.003

Feyrer, J. (2009) Trade and income - exploiting time series in geography. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, 14910: 37pp. http://www.nber.org/papers/w14910

Fujii, T. (2008) How well can we target aid with rapidly collected data? Empirical results for poverty mapping from Cambodia. World Development, 36(10): 1830-1842. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.10.013

Gamble, M.V., Liu, X., Slavkovich, V., Pilsner, J.R., Ilievski, V., Factor-Litvak, P., Levy, D., Alam, S., Islam, M., Parvez, F., Ahsan, H. and Graziano, J.H. (2007) Folic acid supplementation lowers blood arsenic. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 86(4): 1202-1209. http://www.ajcn.org/content/86/4/1202.abstract

Hall, O., Duit, A. and Caballero, L. N. C. (2008) World poverty, environmental vulnerability and population at risk for natural hazards. Journal of Maps, 2008: 151-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.4113/jom.2008.95

Hodson, D.P. and White, J.W. (2007) Use of spatial analyses for global characterization of wheat-based production systems. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 145(2): 115-125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021859607006855

Hyman, G., Fujisaka, S., Jones, P., Wood, S., de Vicente, M.C. and Dixon, J. (2008) Strategic approaches to targeting technology generation: Assessing the coincidence of poverty and drought-prone crop production.Agricultural Systems, 98(1): 50-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2008.04.001

Jones, P.G. and Thornton, P.K. (2009) Croppers to livestock keepers: livelihood transitions to 2050 in Africa due to climate change. Environmental Science & Policy, 12(4): 427-437. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2008.08.006

Liu, J., Fritz, S., van Wesenbeeck, C. F. A., Fuchs, M., You, L., Obersteiner, M. and Yang, H. (2008) A spatially explicit assessment of current and future hotspots of hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of global change. Global and Planetary Change, 64(3-4): 222-235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.09.007

Lodha, S., Gunawardane, P., Middleton, E. and Crow, B. (2009) Understanding relationships between global health indicators via visualisation and statistical analysis. Journal of International Development, 21(8): 1152-1166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.1652

Mittelman, J. (2008) Beyond impoverished anti-poverty paradigms. Third World Quarterly, 29(8): 1639-1652. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436590802528788

Owen, K. K., Obregón, E. J. and Jacobsen, K. H. (2010) A geographic analysis of access to health services in rural Guatemala. International Health, 2(2): 143-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inhe.2010.03.002

Parshall, L., Pillai, D., Mohan, S., Sanoh, A. and Modi, V. (2009) National electricity planning in settings with low pre-existing grid coverage: Development of a spatial model and case study of Kenya. Energy Policy, 37(6): 2395-2410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.01.021

Pilsner, J.R., Liu, X., Ahsan, H., Ilievski, V., Slavkovich, V., Levy, D., Factor-Litvak, P., Graziano, J.H. and Gamble, M.V. (2009) Folate deficiency, hyperhomocysteinemia, low urinary creatinine, and hypomethylation of leukocyte DNA are risk factors for arsenic-Induced skin lesions. Environmental Health Perspectives, 117(2): 254-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11872

Pires, S. F. and Clarke, R. V. (2011) Sequential foraging, itinerant fences and parrot poaching in Bolivia. British Journal of Criminology 51(2): 314-335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azq074

Raitzer, D. A. and Maredia, M. K. (2012) Analysis of agricultural research investment priorities for sustainable poverty reduction in Southeast Asia. Food Policy 37(4): 412-426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.04.001

Raleigh, C. and Kniveton, D. (2012) Come rain or shine: An analysis of conflict and climate variability in East Africa. Journal of Peace Research 49(1): 51-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022343311427754

Rarieya, M. and Fortun, K. (2010) Food security and seasonal climate information: Kenyan challenges.Sustainability Science, 5(1): 99-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-009-0099-8

Redford, K.H., Levy, M.A., Sanderson, E.W. and de Sherbinin, A. (2008) What is the role for conservation organizations in poverty alleviation in the world's wild places? Oryx, 13pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605308001889

Sietz, D., Lüdeke, M. K. B. and Walther, C. (2011) Categorisation of typical vulnerability patterns in global drylands. Global Environmental Change 21(2): 431-440. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.11.005

Stojanova, D., Ceci, M., Appice, A., Malerba, D. and Džeroski, S. (2013) Dealing with spatial autocorrelation when learning predictive clustering trees. Ecological Informatics 13(1): 22-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.10.006

Storeygard, A., Balk, D., Levy, M.A. and Deane, G. (2008) The global distribution of infant mortality: a subnational spatial view. Population, Space and Place, 14(3): 209-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp.484

Tallis, H. and Polasky, S. (2009) Mapping and valuing ecosystem services as an approach for conservation and natural-resource management. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1162 (The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2009): 265-283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04152.x

Varis, O., Kummu, M. and Salmivaara, A. (2012) Ten major rivers in monsoon Asia-Pacific: An assessment of vulnerability. Applied Geography 32(2): 441-454. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.05.003