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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... goal of understanding and solving environmental problems in the 21st century. Each theme agenda was developed in advance of the summit, and a working group on each of the six themes was held during the course of the summit. The ...
... goal setting need to be recognized as critical parts of both science and social decisionmaking. We need to create a shared vision of a desirable and sustainable future, and implement adaptive management systems at multiple scales in ...
... goal functions and systems simulation, the properties of CAS, and so on. All are brave attempts to seek more simple routes through the complexity we face. Not all will prove successful but anyone seeking a path through a maze will ...
... goal that is often strived for, in practice it is never truly achieved. This is an important observation for IAM, in that while the ideal of IAM may be difficult or even impossible to achieve, focusing on the process of IAM allows ...
... goals shape science so an open and honest approach is advocated to recognise these links. For example, by changing the social values, the objectives of environmental decisionmaking may change from maximum sustainable yield of species x ...
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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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