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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... growth rate of zooplankton at the edge of chaos: ecological models. J. Theor. Biol. 1.75:13-21. Kauffman, S., 1993, The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution (Oxford University Press, New York). Patten, B.C. and ...
... growth paradigm. Crisis-based reactions prove insufficient to address the complex problems that arise. In some cases, the species, ecosystem, or resource may be lost and consequently not be available for any form of assessment or ...
... growth, consumption, and pollution on the planet. Complex descriptions of global systems were obtained and macro prescriptions offered to avoid the predicted catastrophes. These early models typically were driven by the scientists who ...
... growth. Strength of the interactions between system components also affects the system complexity (Casti, 1979). An asymmetric pattern of interaction strengths would create a more complex system. Finally, if a system has hierarchic or ...
... growth, maturity, senescence, and regeneration. System complexity also increases to the extent its trajectories can reach multiple steady states. Kay et al. (1999, p. 727) describe this condition as a system in which "There is not ...
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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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