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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... interact 5. Questions about the relationship between science and decisionmaking Acknowledgements References 117 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 124 127 127 127 129 132 134 137 137 Chapter 8 Science and Decisionmaking E.J. Rykiel Jr ...
... interactions between the parts. Complex systems are characterized by non-linearities, autocatalysis, complex, time delayed feedback loops, emergent phenomena, and chaotic behavior (Costanza et al., 1993; Kauffman, 1993; Patten and ...
... interactions and surprises that are likely to occur. Prediction, and the ability to try out some different "what if?" scenarios, is essential if we are to plot a course away from global disaster (Schellnhuber, 1999). There are huge ...
... interactions between the human and the natural world and the critical role played by natural ecosystems in the sustainability of the planet. These "ecosystem services" as they are called, clean the air and water and provide a number of ...
... interact and new tools emerge. Thanks to the rapid development of computers, information technologies, and the ... interaction and the networking "overhead" that so characterizes their work, I have to tell them that this networking is ...
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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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