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On March 31st, 2014, the United Nations report entitled “Climate Change 2014, Impacts Adaptation and Vulnerability” was published by the Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The panel, meeting in Yokohama, Japan, held a press conference at which Chairperson, Rajendra K. Pachauri, issued his strongest warnings to date, stating that climate change caused by human activity is likely to be “severe, pervasive and irreversible”.
Ecology: The study of organisms in relation to one another and to their surroundings.
Landscape: The features of a land area as seen in broad view.
Design: A preliminary outline or drawing for something that is to be made; the art of producing these.
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Flannery, J.A., Smith, K.M. (2015). Introduction. In: Eco-Landscape Design. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07206-7_1
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