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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... Biodiversity and declining productive capacity . Discussion Acknowledgements References i 153 153 153 153 154 155 156 156 157 158 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 167 167 167 168 169 170 172 175 178 181 183 185 185 Chapter 10 Ecosystem ...
... Biodiversity 2.6. Other models Sources of solutions Priority 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 ...
... biodiversity, acid rain, and perturbations in the global cycles of major nutrients to name but a few. As we begin to search for ways to respond, we are beginning to suffer from a plethora of acronyms: IA, integrated assessment; IAM ...
... biodiversity and restore natural ecosystems? How do we establish markets for ecosystem services? How do we approach ESD? These are the kinds of questions now being addressed. Horgan (1996) is wrong, this is not the end of science, it is ...
... biodiversity, and on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions to name just a few. The upshot of all this is that R&D is being called on to produce systems solutions, solutions that link science to innovation and global economic ...
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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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