Ecological sustainability : understanding complex issues / Robert B. Northrop, Anne N. Connor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Northrop, Robert B., author.

Contributor:

Connor, Anne N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainability.

Sustainable development.

Sustainability--Simulation methods.

Sustainable development--Simulation methods.

Biocomplexity.

Social systems.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Complex Systems is a new field of science studying how parts of a system give rise to the collective behaviors of the system, and how the system interacts with its environment. This book examines the complex systems involved in environmental sustainability, and examines the technologies involved to help mitigate human impacts, such as renewable energy, desalination, carbon capture, recycling, etc. It considers the relationships and balance between environmental engineering and science, economics, and human activity, with regard to sustainability.

Contents:

Human Ecological Sustainability

Review of Complexity and Complex Systems

Multidimensional Challenges to Human Sustainability

Mitigations of Human Impacts Through Technology

Sustainable Agriculture

Unconventional Foods : Insects, Plankton, Fungi and in vitro Meat

Complex Economic Systems and Sustainability

Application of Complex Systems Thinking to Solve Sustainability Problems

What will happen to us? : FAQs on Sustainability

Glossary.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-10039-6

1-4665-6513-6

9780429100390

OCLC:

852756935