Institutions, ecosystems, and sustainability / edited by Robert Costanza ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Costanza, Robert.

Series:

Ecological economics series (International Society for Ecological Economics)

Ecological economics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics--Simulation methods.

Environmental economics.

Sustainable development--Simulation methods.

Sustainable development.

Human ecology--Simulation methods.

Human ecology.

Decision making--Simulation methods.

Decision making.

Simulation methods.

Physical Description:

270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers, [2001]

Summary:

Institutions, Ecosystems and Sustainability focuses on long-term, sustainable natural resource management practices at the local, national, and international levels. The authors 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. Large scale ecosystems are not simply larger versions of smaller systems, and micro-scale ecosystems are not merely microcosms of large scale systems. The driving forces and feedback mechanisms operate at different levels and exhibit distinct patterns of their own.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and index.

ISBN:

1566703891

OCLC:

44969505