Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the 21st Century: Toward a New, Integrated Hard Problem ScienceR. Costanza, S.E. Jorgensen Elsevier, 2002 M06 5 - 346 páginas The aim of this book is to encourage integration of the natural and social sciences with the policy and design-making community, and thereby develop a deeper understanding of complex environmental problems. Its fundamental themes are:
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... actions 5. Barriers to effective action 5.1. Sustenance needs 5.2. Little connection to the land 5.3. Resistance to change 5.4. Ignorance : 5.5. Low critical mass 6. Measures, indicators, or metrics of progress 7. Conclusions ...
... action through "evidence-based" policy. Science and society are debating the needs and requirements of each other - and not always successfully. 2. The global context As we move into the new millennium, we have begun to realize that ...
... action. But what are we to do? How do we best manage natural resources at regional scales? What are the best NRM policies in an era of rights markets and resource trading? How do we preserve biodiversity and restore natural ecosystems ...
... action, we are in a completely different world. I do not expect these trends to slow down - if anything I expect the rate of change to increase. When I hear my own staff in CSIRO complaining of the high level of social interaction and ...
... action. After all it is not us who will make the decision, but the whole of society. In Australia we have learned some very important lessons from the LANDCARE movement, a rural community movement to repair damaged land and to deliver ...
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Chapter 4 Complex Adaptive Hierarchical Systems | 95 |
State of the Art | 101 |
Chapter 6 Ecosystem Services | 127 |
Chapter 9 Ecosystem Health and Human Health | 167 |
Healthy Planet Healthy Living | 189 |
Chapter 11 Quality of Life and the Distribution of Wealth and Resources | 221 |
Chapter 12 Quality of Life and the Distribution of Wealth and Resources | 259 |
Conclusions | 303 |
References | 307 |
Author Index | 309 |
Subject Index | 319 |
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