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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... scientists on key environmental issues. Background and process This book is a product of the 2nd EcoSummit, held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 18-22, 2000. The aim of the EcoSummit was to encourage integration of both the natural and ...
... Scientists' role in decisionmaking 3. Three case studies 3.1. Mount St. Helens 3.2. Tennessee Cedar Barrens 3.3. The Brazilian Amazon 3.4. Lessons learned 4. Characteristics of scientists and decisionmakers influence how they interact 5 ...
... scientists in controversial issues 1.4. Scientists and activism 1.5. Education of scientists 1.6. Science based on holism 2. Increasing the effectiveness of the individual environmental scientist 2.1. Pathways to involvement in ...
... the purchasers will not listen to the scientific community, which is perceived to be "barrow pushing". After all, being perpetually stretched for resources the scientists always have a vested interest and are 8 G. Harris.
... scientists always have a vested interest and are often cast in the guise of mendicant priests. There is tension between the "hard" science of the researchers and modelers, and the "soft" science of those concerned with the community ...
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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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