Managing for healthy ecosystems
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : David Rapport; et al
- ناشر : Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2003
- شابک / ISBN : 9781566706124
Description
Front cover; Preface; International Congress on Ecosystem Health; Supporters of the International Congress on Ecosystem Health; Contributors; Table of Contents; PART I: Emerging Concepts; SECTION I.1 Setting the Stage; CHAPTER 1. Regaining Healthy Ecosystems: The Supreme Challenge of Our Age; CHAPTER 2. The Politics of the Environment; CHAPTER 3. Environmental Health Research Challenges; CHAPTER 4. Toward Ecoresponsibility: The Need for New Education, New Technologies, New Teams, and New Economics; SECTION I.2 Perspectives on Ecosystem Health. CHAPTER 5. Overview: Perspectives on Ecosystem HealthCHAPTER 6. The Ethics of Ecological Integrity and Ecosystem Health: The Interface; CHAPTER 7. Ecological Integrity and Material Growth: Irreconcilable Conflict?*; CHAPTER 8. Population Health Issues in the Management of Air Quality*; CHAPTER 9. Global Environmental Changes and Health: Approaches to Assessing Risks; CHAPTER 10. Climate Change and Health: New Research Challenges*; CHAPTER 11. Use of Meteorologic.
One of the critical issues of our time is the dwindling capacity of the planet to provide life support for a large and growing human population. Based on a symposium on ecosystem health, this title identifies key issues that must be resolved if there is to be progress in this complex area
