This text provides an accessible entry point for students and professionals to management science as developed in fisheries, in order to facilitate uptake of the latest ideas and methods...
The emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management are linked in this new book. It explores how these concepts can be applied in various forest biomes of the world with their different ecological, economic and social settings, and histo..
The book provides detailed analyses of several Latin American transboundary water bodies in terms of their current status as well as their relative strengths and weaknesses, including institutional and legal frameworks._x005F_x000D_
This book was published as a special issue of the International Jou..
Canada's Agenda 21 recognized the need to integrate environmental, social and economic policies toward sustainable development into government decision-making. When members of the International Development Resource Centre (IDRC) were asked for ways to address the issue, they had few examples to foll..
This is the first book to provide a historical overview of the Jevons Paradox, provide evidence for its existence and apply it to complex systems. Written and edited by world experts in the fields of economics, ecological economics, technology and the environment, it explains the myth of efficiency ..
The book provides comprehensive coverage of the complexities, constraints and challenges associated with managing water quality in Asia. The immense related problems can only be resolved with concurrent political will, public demand, functional institutional and legal frameworks, as well as availabi..