Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship
Resilience-Based Natural Resouce Management in a Changing World
(Sprache: Englisch)
This is a textbook for Natural Resource Management, Resource Conservation and Ecosystem Management, as well as other related or more specialized courses. The book provides a new framework for resource management based on the necessity of managing resources.
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This is a textbook for Natural Resource Management, Resource Conservation and Ecosystem Management, as well as other related or more specialized courses. The book provides a new framework for resource management based on the necessity of managing resources.
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The world is undergoing unprecedented changes in many of the factors that determine its fundamental properties and their in- ence on society. These changes include climate; the chemical c- position of the atmosphere; the demands of a growing human population for food and ?ber; and the mobility of organisms, ind- trial products, cultural perspectives, and information ?ows. The magnitude and widespread nature of these changes pose serious challenges in managing the ecosystem services on which society depends. Moreover, many of these changes are strongly in?uenced by human activities, so future patterns of change will continue to be in?uenced by society's choices and governance. The purpose of this book is to provide a new framework for n- ural resource management-a framework based on stewardship of ecosystems for human well-being in a world dominated by unc- tainty and change. The goal of ecosystem stewardship is to respond to and shape change in social-ecological systems in order to s-tain the supply and opportunities for use of ecosystem services by society. The book links recent advances in the theory of resilience, sustainability, and vulnerability with practical issues of ecosystem management and governance. The book is aimed at advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students of natural resource management as well as professional managers, community leaders, and policy makers with backgrounds in a wide array of d- ciplines, including ecology, policy studies, economics, sociology, and anthropology.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship “
1. A Framework for Understanding Change2. MAnaging Ecosystems Sustainably
3.Human vulnerability, adaptation, and resilience
4. Dynamics of integrated social-ecological systems
5. Conservation and livelihoods: Sustaining and restoring the cultural connections to land
7. Landscape stewardship: Discovering the missing connections to sustain vulnerable systems.
8. Forest systems: Living with long-term change.
9.Drylands: Coping with uncertainty, thresholds, and changes in state
10. Lakes and rivers: Managing connections across temporal and spatial scales
11. Oceans and estuaries: Managing the commons
12. Food production systems: integrating technology sustainably
13. Urban and suburban landscapes: Manging the built environment
14. Planet Earth: Sustaining the life support systems of the planet
15. Strategies for managing uncertainty and change
16. Summary and Synthesis
Autoren-Porträt von F. St. Chapin, Gary Kofinas, Carl Folke
F. Stuart Chapin, III is Professor of Ecology in the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks.Gary P. Kofinas is Associate Professor of Resource Policy and Management in the School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Carl Folke is Professor and Science Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: F. St. Chapin , Gary Kofinas , Carl Folke
- 2009, XII, 401 Seiten, Maße: 18,3 x 26 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: F. Stuart Chapin, Gary P. Kofinas, Carl Folke
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 038773032X
- ISBN-13: 9780387730325
- Erscheinungsdatum: 29.05.2009
Sprache:
Englisch
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From the reviews:"Throughout the work, chapter contributors link recent advances in the theory of resilience, sustainability, and vulnerability with practical issues related to the management of social-ecological systems. ... This book introduces an intriguing new approach to the philosophy of resource management emphasizing proactive policies that shape change for sustainability, in contrast to current reactions to observed changes. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections." (R. L. Smith, Choice, Vol. 47 (3), November, 2009)
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From the reviews: "Throughout the work, chapter contributors link recent advances in the theory of resilience, sustainability, and vulnerability with practical issues related to the management of social-ecological systems. ... This book introduces an intriguing new approach to the philosophy of resource management emphasizing proactive policies that shape change for sustainability, in contrast to current reactions to observed changes. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections." (R. L. Smith, Choice, Vol. 47 (3), November, 2009)
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