Ecological dimensions for sustainable socio economic development / edited by Alejandro Yanez-Arancibia [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yáñez-Arancibia, Alejandro, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Sustainable development--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (629 p.)

Place of Publication:

Southampton, England ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Wit Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book fills a gap in the literature on environmental sustainability by addressing the topic from the perspective of social and economic development. Progress in understanding and achieving sustainability requires the integration of scientific, social, economic, and legal issues. Yet progress in understanding and achieving sustainability will only be achieved through integration of scientific, social, economic, and legal aspects. A treatise on environmental sustainability should raise the current state of knowledge by proposing and recommending decision-making efforts and breaking new groun

Contents:

Cover; Ecological Dimensions for Sustainable Socio Economic Development; Copyright Page; Contents; Editors and Contributors; Foreword; PART 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: Introduction to ecological dimensions for sustainable socioeconomic development; Chapter 2: The concept of sustainable development from an ecosystem perspective: history, evolution, and epistemology; PART 2: DWINDLING RESOURCES AND UNCERTAINTY FOR SUSTAINABILITY; Chapter 3: Water, energy and sustainable development in the 21st century

Chapter 4: Ecologically sustainable water management: role of the academy to face the development? Pressures and challenges - experiences in ChileChapter 5: Water management in Mexico: analysis from the sustainability perspective; Chapter 6: Hydrological consequences of climate variability and impact on sustainability of the two great basins in the northwest of Mexico; Chapter 7: Enso drought effects and their impact in the ecology and economy of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico; Chapter 8: The relation of oil to the Mexican economy: past, present and future

Chapter 9: Climate change as a key variable for a socially and economically sustainable future: a synthesisPART 3: FUNDAMENTALS TOWARD PUBLIC POLICIES; Chapter 10: Coastal governance in Brazil: the challenges of pre-salt cycle; Chapter 11: Uncoupled public policies and institutions: persistent challenges for management of altered ecosystems; Chapter 12: Environmental policy for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation: a case study involving the exploitation of Beaucarnea recurvata; Chapter 13: Gaps in environmental law on sustainable socioeconomic development

PART 4: CONCEPTS, TOOLS AND STUDY CASESChapter 14: An ecosystem vision for New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta: applying ecological economics and ecological engineering; Chapter 15: Current concepts of eco-economy and biophysical economics: towards sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico coastal zone; Chapter 16: Renewable resources and poverty alleviation: an application to non-timber forest products; Chapter 17: Use of wetland spatial models for sustainable development

Chapter 18: Quantitative analysis of natural resource regulations leading to coastal ecosystems sustainability: Mexico as a case studyChapter 19: Conservation priorities from the structural stability of ecosystems; Chapter 20: Identifying areas for ecotourism and conservation of threatened species: the model of black howler monkey in Playas de Catazajá, Mexico; Chapter 21: Toward sustainability of development in the southern coast of Brazil; Chapter 22: Interdisciplinary diagnosis and scenario analysis for the implementation of a coastal protected area, Laguna de Rocha Uruguay

Chapter 23: The Mayakoba touristic development: a model of sustainable tourism in the Mexican Caribbean

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-84564-757-2

OCLC:

854973778