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On the social dynamics of moisture recycling
Patrick W. Keys
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School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Lan Wang-Erlandsson
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
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- Understanding of water resilience in the Anthropocene M. Falkenmark et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydroa.2018.100009
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Moisture recycling is the atmospheric branch of the water cycle, including evaporation and precipitation. While the physical water cycle is well-understood, the social links among the recipients of precipitation back to the sources of evaporation are not. In this work, we develop a method to determine how these social connections unfold, using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods, finding that there are distinct types of social connections with corresponding policy and management tools.
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