Title:
Institutions, Ecosystems, and Sustainability.
Author:
Costanza, Robert.
ISBN:
9781420032871
9780367801434
Publication Information:
Hoboken : CRC Press, 2000.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (286 pages)
Contents:
Front cover; Preface; About the Editors; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Contents; Section one: Introduction; 1 Ecosystems and human systems: a framework for exploring the linkages; 2 Dynamic systems modeling; Section two: Models; 3 Human-ecosystems interactions: a basic dynamic integrated model; 4 Scale misperceptions and the spatial dynamics of a social-ecological system; 5 Sustainability, equity, and efficiency of irrigation infrastructures; 6 An introduction to mathematical models in fisheries ecology; Section three: Models and empirical studies in the real world.
Abstract:
The essays in this volume suggest that a major cause of the "sustainability problem"--Regulatory policies for large areas that often threaten the sustainability of both natural resources and previously effective governance problems - lie in "scale" problems.
Electronic Access:
Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367801434OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
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