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Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the 21st Century. Toward a new, integrated hard problem science
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✦ Table of Contents
Content:
Preface, Pages v-vi, Robert Costanza, Sven Erik Jørgensen
EcoSummit Participant List, Pages vii-xiii
Introduction, Pages 1-3, R. Costanza, S.E. Jørgensen
Chapter 1 - Integrated Assessment and Modeling — Science for Sustainability, Pages 5-17, G. Harris
Chapter 2 - The Potential for Integrated Assessment and Modeling to Solve Environmental Problems: Vision, Capacity, and Direction, Pages 19-39, P. Parker, R. Letcher, A. Jakeman, M.B. Beck, G. Harris, R.M. Argent, M. Hare, C. Pahl-Wostl, A. Voinov, M. Janssen, P. Sullivan, M. Scoccimarro, A. Friend, M. Sonnenshein, D. Barker, L. Matejicek, D. Odulaja, P. Deadman, K. Lim, G. Larocque, et al.
Chapter 3 - Complex Adaptive Hierarchical Systems, Pages 41-94, B.C. Patten, B.D. Fath, J.S. Choi, S. Bastianoni, S.R. Borrett, S. Brandt-Williams, M. Debeljak, J. Fonseca, W.E. Grant, D. Karnawati, J.C. Marques, A. Moser, F. Müller, C. Pahl-Wostl, R. Seppelt, W.H. Steinborn, Y.M. Svirezhev
Chapter 4 - Complex Adaptive Hierarchical Systems, Pages 95-99, B.C. Patten, B.D. Fath, J.S. Choi, S. Bastianoni, S.R. Borrett, S. Brandt-Williams, M. Debeljak, J. Fonseca, W.E. Grant, D. Karnawati, J.C. Marques, A. Moser, F. Müller, C. Pahl-Wostl, R. Seppelt, W.H. Steinborn, Y.M. Svirezhev
Chapter 5 - Ecosystem Services, Their Use and the Role of Ecological Engineering: State of the Art, Pages 101-126, A. Dakers
Chapter 6 - Ecosystem Services, Pages 127-138, B. Guterstam, A. Werker, M. Adamsson, D. Barker, A. Brüll, A. Dakers, S. Gossling, J. Heeb, S. Loiselle, U. Mander, D. Melaku Canu, R. Roggenbauer, M. Roux, G.D. Santopietro, D. Stuart, M. Trudeau, H.D. van Bohemen
Chapter 7 - Science and Decisionmaking, Pages 139-152, V.H. Dale
Chapter 8 - Science and decisionmaking, Pages 153-166, E.J. Rykiel Jr., J. Berkson, V.A. Brown, W. Krewitt, I. Peters, M. Schwartz, J. Shogren, D. Van der Molen, R. Blok, M. Borsuk, R. Bruins, K. Cover, V. Dale, J. Dew, C. Etnier, L. Fanning, F. Felix, M. Nordin Hasan, H. Hong, A.W. King, et al.
Chapter 9 - Ecosystem Health and Human Health, Pages 167-188, L. Vasseur, D.J. Rapport, J. Hounsell
Chapter 10 - Ecosystem Health and Human Health: Healthy Planet, Healthy Living, Pages 189-219, L. Vasseur, P.G. Schaberg, J. Hounsell, P.O. Ang Jr., D. Cote, L.D. Duc, J.S. Ebenezer, D. Fairbanks, B. Ford, W. Fyfe, R. Gordon, Y. Guang, J. Guernsey, A. Hadi Harman Shaa, A. Hamilton, W. Hart, H. Hong, J. Howard, B. Huang, Y. Huang, et al.
Chapter 11 - Quality of Life and the Distribution of Wealth and Resources, Pages 221-258, R. Costanza, J. Farley, P. Templet
Chapter 12 - Quality of Life and the Distribution of Wealth and Resources, Pages 259-301, J. Farley, R. Costanza, P. Templet, M. Corson, Ph. Crabbé, R. Esquivel, K. Furusawa, W. Fyfe, O. Loucks, K. MacDonald, L. MacPhee, L. McArthur, C. Miller, P. O'Brien, G. Patterson, J. Ribemboim, S.J. Wilson
Conclusions, Pages 303-308, S.E. Jørgensen, R. Costanza
Author Index, Pages 309-317
Subject Index, Pages 319-324
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