Sustainability science : the emerging paradigm and the urban environment / Michael P. Weinstein, R. Eugene Turner, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weinstein, Michael P.

Turner, R. E. (Robert Eugene), 1945-

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

xx, 441 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer, [2012]

Contents:

Part 1. Managing the Earth's Life Support Systems: The Emergence of Sustainability Science and Transdisciplinarity

From the Unity of Nature to Sustainability Science: Ideas and Practice / Robert W. Kates

Sustaining Sustainability: Creating a Systems Science in a Fragmented Academy and Polarized World / John D. Sterman

A Landscape Approach for Sustainability Science / Jianguo (Jingle) Wu

It's OK to Talk About Sustainability / Alan D. Hecht

Part 2. Balancing Ecology and Economy: Natural Capital and Quality of Life

The Value of Natural and Social Capital in Our Current Full World and in a Sustainable and Desirable Future / Robert Costanza

Steps Towards Sustainability and Tools for Restoring Natural Capital: Etang de Berre (Southern France) Case Study / James Aronson, Florian Claeys, Vanja Westerberg, Philippe Picon and Guillaume Bernard, et al.

Sustainability of Biodiversity Under Global Changes, with Particular Reference to Biological Invasions / Daniel Simberloff

Part 3. From Science to Policy: Managing the Commons, Social Learning and Social Responsibility

"Post-sustainability": The Emergence of the Social Sciences as the Hand-Maidens of Policy / Michael R. Redclift

The Purpose and Politics of Ecosystem-Based Management / Judith A. Layzer

Sustainable Coastal Margins: Challenges of Tempo and Mode for the Policy Domain / Ronald C. Baird

Fishery and Forest Transitions to Sustainability: A Comparative Analysis / Bonnie J. McCay and Thomas K. Rudel.

Part 4. The Ecology of Cities

Cities as Dissipative Structures: Global Change and the Vulnerability of Urban Civilization / William E. Rees

A Mathematical Description of Urban Metabolism / Christopher Kennedy

Urbanization, Local Government, and Planning for Sustainability / Robert W. Taylor

Climate Change, Globalization, and the Double Exposure Challenge to Sustainability: Rolling the Dice in Coastal New Jersey / Robin Leichenko

Sustainability Trajectories for Urban Waters / Richard Burroughs

Part 5. Restoring and Rehabilitating Ecosystems: Return from the Precipice

Reversing Two Centuries of Wetland Degradation: Can Science Better Inform Policy and Practice? / Michael P. Weinstein, Steven Y. Litvin and Michael G. Frisk

Changing Nature: Novel Ecosystems, Intervention, and Knowing When to Step Back / Eric Higgs

Knocking on Doors: Boundary Objects in Ecological Conservation and Restoration / Jac. A. A. Swart and Henny J. van der Windt

Sustainability: More About the Toolmaker than the Tools / R. Eugene Turner

Epilogue: The Challenge of Sustainability: Lessons from an Evolutionary Perspective / Simon Levin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1461431875

9781461431879

9781461431886

1461431883

OCLC:

801521120

Publisher Number:

99950353921