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Ecosystems and sustainable development IX / editors, A.M. Marinov, C.A. Brebbia.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- International Conference on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development (9th)
- Series:
- WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
- WIT transactions, 1746-448X
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental management--Congresses.
- Environmental management.
- Sustainable development--Congresses.
- Sustainable development.
- Biotic communities--Congresses.
- Biotic communities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (349 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Southampton : WITPress, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Containing papers presented at the Ninth International Conference in the well-established conference series on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, this book originates from the work of the late Nobel laureate, Ilya Prigogine, and challenges us to develop the new science of ""ecodynamics,"" integrating thermodynamics, ecology and economics. It covers not only novel research related to ecological problems from all over the world, but also new emergent ideas arising from the cross fertilisation of different disciplines, including evolutionary thermodynamics and biodiversity, structures in eco
- Contents:
- section 1. Modelling
- section 2. Ecosystems and change
- section 3. Sustainable development and planning
- section 4. Energy and the environment
- section 5. Environmental economics
- section 6. Biomimetics
- section 7. Water resources issues.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-84564-727-0
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