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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... makers, and the informed public on both the state of the science and the ... decisionmaking community, for the purpose of developing a deeper ... decisionmaking. (5) Ecosystem health and human health. (6) Quality of life and the ...
... Decisionmaking Jim Berkson, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Rebekah Blok, Martec Limited, Canada Mark Borsuk, Duke University, USA Valerie Brown, Faculty of ...
... decisionmaking 2. Scientists' role in decisionmaking 3. Three case studies 3.1. Mount St. Helens 3.2. Tennessee Cedar Barrens 3.3. The Brazilian Amazon 3.4. Lessons learned 4. Characteristics of scientists and decisionmakers influence ...
... Decisionmaking E.J. Rykiel Jr., with J. Berkson, VA. Brown, W. Krewitt, I. Peters, M. Schwartz, J. Shogren, D. Van der Molen, R. Blok, M. Borsuk, R. Bruins, K. Cover, V. Dale, J. Dew, C. Etnier, L. Fanning, F. Felix, M. Nordin Hasan, H ...
... decisionmaking. • A pragmatic philosophy built on complex systems theory and modeling: The limits of predictability of complex, adaptive, living systems need to be recognized, and a "pragmatic modeling" philosophy of science needs to be ...
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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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