Sentence examples for climate responsiveness from inspiring English sources

The strengthening of the tourist sector (business and leisure) as a producer of economic and social value at a global scale and its contribution to sustainable development agenda implies the urgent need for coherent policy strategies that can build a truly sustainable tourism model, reflecting "… a quadruple bottom line of environmental, social, economic and climate responsiveness" [15:28].

Instead of using superimposed layers of singular purpose mechanisms for sensing, actuation, control and power in the form of high-tech electronic equipment as is emblematic for current approaches to climate responsiveness in architecture, the presented research follows an integrative, no-tech strategy that can be considered to follow biological rather than mechanical principles.

Therefore, in addition to identifying the Amazon as a region of particularly strong physical climate responsiveness, our analysis reveals the potential for particularly acute impacts arising from existing ecosystem vulnerability to the combined effects of severe heat and severe drought.

Contemporary smart building systems typically aim to reduce building energy use by means of technologically enabled climate-responsiveness; however, these technologies lack the efficiency and elegance of naturally responsive mechanisms employing the inherent properties of available materials, such as the moisture-induced opening and closing of conifer cones.

Given the diversity of climates with useful cool-season sun, climate-responsiveness in thermal mass design might be expected; however, rules developed in the dry, sunny American Southwest dominate teaching and practice throughout the country.

From there, it is possible to define a vision for sustainable mobility, around four global goals: (1) equitable access; (2) security and safety; (3) efficiency; and (4) pollution and climate-responsiveness.

Yesterday Secretary Thompson unveiled a reorganization of the Health Care Financing Administration that was highlighted by a promise of "a new climate of responsiveness" and an announcement that the H.C.F.A. will henceforth be called Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

It is important to stress that our analysis is constructed to quantify the relative responsiveness of physical climate in different regions, and not to imply the relative magnitude of climate change impacts or of vulnerability to climate change.

Adaptations to climate change should include ensuring responsiveness of air quality protection programs to changing pollution levels.

We concluded that vigilance in the maintenance and improvement of public health systems and their responsiveness to changing climate conditions and to identified vulnerable subpopulations should help to protect the U.S. population from any adverse health outcomes of projected climate change.

Future researchers will need to address these questions, closely examining the external factors that may lead to differences in proto-institutional accountability and responsiveness in the new climate of economic uncertainty.