for: question - adaptation - answer - adaptation, adaptation - ingenuity, endogenous growth, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Cascade Institute

question: adaptation

• why do some societies successfully adapt to environmental stresses while others do not?

answer: adaptation

• Ingenuity
  • Researchers within societies that are able to adapt effectively are able to deliver ingenuity at the right time and place to prevent environmental problems from causing severe hardship.

references

• The ingenuity Gap: Can Poor Countries Adapt to Resource Scarcity (Homer-Dixon & Barbier,1995)?
  • http://www.homerdixon.com/1995/09/01/the-ingenuity-gap-can-poor-countries-adappt-to-resource-scarcity/
• Resource Scaricity and Innovation: Can Poor Countries Attain Endogenous Growth (Homer-Dixon & Barbier,1999)?
  • http://www.homerdixon.com/1999/03/01/resource-scarcity-and-innovation-can-poor-countries-attain-endogenous-growth/
• The Ingenuity Gap (2000)
  • http://www.ingenuitygap.com/
• The Upside of Down (Homer-Dixon, 2006)
  • https://homerdixon.com/writing/books/the-upside-of-down/