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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... better use of ecosystem services 5.2. Frontline projects 5.3. Players involved in achieving better use of ecosystem services 5.4. Engineer as designer 6. Ecological engineering 6.1. Case Study 1: Ministry of Transport in the Netherlands ...
... better links with social decisionmaking. A multiscale approach: A multiscale approach to understanding, modeling, and managing complex, adaptive, living systems needs to be the norm, and methods for transferring knowledge across scales ...
... better at perceiving some types of problems than others. Quite often the truth is staring us in the face but for some peculiarly human reason we do not see it. IAM and ESM are no different; they are peculiarly human and culturally ...
... better indicators of sustainability. The issues of complexity and validation are recognized as more complex than in traditional disciplinary approaches. Communication is identified as a central issue both internally among team members ...
... better indicators of sustainability. The issues of complexity and validation are recognised as more complex than in traditional disciplinary approaches. Communication is identified as a central issue both internally among team members ...
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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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