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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... Analysis and Technology Assessment, Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, Stuttgart, Germany Ken Lubinsky, US Geological Survey, USA John Olson, Villanova University, USA Janina Onigkeit, University of Kassel, Germany Gary Patterson ...
... life. Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the 21st Century Edited by R. Costanza and S.E. Jørgensen © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved • A balance between synthesis and analysis: HPS research and.
... analysis: HPS research and education need to balance analysis and synthesis to produce not just data, but knowledge and even wisdom. This will enable vastly improved links with social decisionmaking. • A pragmatic philosophy built on ...
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... analysis (IASA) to demonstrate the effect of continued growth, consumption, and pollution on the planet. Complex descriptions of global systems were obtained and macro prescriptions offered to avoid the predicted catastrophes. These ...
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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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