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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... future? References Chapter 2 The Potential for Integrated Assessment and Modeling to Solve Environmental Problems: Vision, Capacity, and Direction P. Parker, R. Letcher, A. Jakeman, with M.B. Beck, G. Harris, R.M. Argent, M. Hare, C ...
... future 23 3.1. Optimistic view 23 3.2. Pessimistic view 24 4. Evolution of IAM 25 5. IAM current position: Points of agreement 26 6. Case studies 28 7. Model complexity 29 8. Validation 29 9. Integrated Assessment 31 10. Agent-based ...
... future, and implement adaptive management systems at multiple scales in order to get us there. The remainder of this book fleshes out these characteristics of HPS, around six core themes that structured discussion at the conference ...
... future World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. Those who insist that the global economy must be seen as a "wholly owned subsidiary of the environment", if we are to live sustainably, are beginning to have an impact on the behavior ...
... future? Integrated Assessment is therefore a way of systems thinking; a way of trying to balance the "triple bottom line" of ecology, economics, and sociology. While some argue that ESD is an oxymoron and that we are already into a ...
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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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