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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... Global Water Partnership, Stockholm, Sweden Bill Hart, Centre for Resources Studies, Daltech-Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Johannes Heeb, International Ecological Engineering Society, Wolhusen, Switzerland Steven ...
... global context Changes to the enterprise of scientific research . “Clean and green” drivers on policy and markets The science of IA and IAM – integration and synthesis . IAM and ESM – the science of the future? References Chapter 2 The ...
... global and far-reaching, and the emphasis must shift from addressing problems in isolation to studying whole complex systems and the dynamic interactions between the parts. Complex systems are characterized by non-linearities ...
... global import. Governments and society now require more accountability; they require not just outputs (scientific ... global context As we move into the new millennium, we have begun to realize that society faces major global ...
... global resources (United Nations Development Program et al., 2000) has conclusively shown us that we are now doing significant damage to the fabric of the global ecosystem, including degrading terrestrial and aquatic systems which ...
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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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