Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the 21st Century
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Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the 21st Century

Toward a New, Integrated Hard Problem Science

  1. 346 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the 21st Century

Toward a New, Integrated Hard Problem Science

About this book

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: ā€¢ integrated modeling and assessmentā€¢ complex, adaptive, hierarchical systemsā€¢ ecosystem services ā€¢ science and decision-makingā€¢ ecosystem health and human healthā€¢ quality of life and the distribution of wealth and resources.This book will act as a state of the art assessment of integrated environmental science and its relation to real world problem solving. It is aimed not only at the academic community, but also as a sourcebook for managers, policy makers, and the informed public. It deals both with the state of the science and the level of consensus among scientists on key environmental issues. The concepts underlying this book were developed at the 2nd EcoSummit workshop held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, June, 2000, with active participation from all delegates, and attempts to present their collective view.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the 21st Century: Toward a new, integrated hard problem science
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. EcoSummit Participant List
  7. Introduction: Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the 21st Century: Toward a new, integrated ā€œhard problem scienceā€
  8. References
  9. Chapter 1. Integrated Assessment and Modeling ā€“ Science for Sustainability
  10. Chapter 2. The Potential for Integrated Assessment and Modeling to Solve Environmental Problems: Vision, Capacity, and Direction
  11. Chapter 3. Complex Adaptive Hierarchical Systems
  12. Chapter 4. Complex Adaptive Hierarchical Systems
  13. Chapter 5. Ecosystem Services, Their Use and the Role of Ecological Engineering: State of the Art
  14. Chapter 6. Ecosystem Services
  15. Chapter 7. Science and Decisionmaking
  16. Chapter 8. Science and Decisionmaking
  17. Chapter 9. Ecosystem Health and Human Health
  18. Chapter 10. Ecosystem Health and Human Health: Healthy Planet, Healthy Living
  19. Chapter 11. Quality of Life and the Distribution of Wealth and Resources
  20. Chapter 12. Quality of Life and the Distribution of Wealth and Resources
  21. Conclusions
  22. References
  23. Author Index
  24. Subject Index