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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... lead to economic and environmental benefits such as those that science had provided to the winners of World War II. But already the signs of disillusionment were there to be seen (Dixon, 1973). Now after such events as the atom bomb ...
... lead to severe NRM problems like dryland salinity (Walker et al., 1999), there is increasing interest in the development of cropping systems which mimic the natural ecosystems of the region and provide similar services. There is a need ...
... leads to the belated realization that an integrated response is needed. A shift is made to adopt an integrated approach, but valuable time has been lost and environmental problems worsened. The outcome is a recognised need for ...
... leads to the revisiting of the behavioural assumptions that underlie the neo-classical economic model (Van den Bergh et al., 2000). These assumptions are important as they are often used as the basis for allocation decisions in many ...
... lead exposure. Environ. Health Perspect. 106(Suppl. 6): 1453–1460. Palmer, D., 1992, Methods for analysing development and conservation issues: the Resource Assessment Commission's experience, Research Paper Number 7 (Resource ...
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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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