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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... Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany Work Group: Ecosystem Services Marie Adamsson, Göteborg University, Department of Applied Environmental Science, Göteborg David Barker, Geostructures Consultant, Model Farm, Crockham Hill ...
... Climate change Agrosystems and food production 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 ...
... climate change. Energy Policy 23:289–296. Forscher, B.K., 1963, Chaos in the brickyard. Science 142:339. Gibbons, M., Limoges, C., Nowotny, H., Schwartzman, S., Scott, P and Trow, M., 1994, The New Production of Knowledge (Sage ...
... climate change models) and at the local/regional level (e.g., watershed models). The central role of human decisions and actions as drivers of environmental change is recognized in new IAM approaches. The chapter discusses various ...
... climate change models, but includes local and regional models of environmental problems. The central role of human decisions and actions as drivers of environmental change is recognised in new IAM approaches. Earlier forms of systems ...
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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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