Managing For Healthy Ecosystems

Author : David J. Rapport,Bill L. Lasley,Dennis E. Rolston,N. Ole Nielsen,Calvin O. Qualset,Ardeshir B. Damania
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1548 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781420032130

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Managing for Healthy Ecosystems by David J. Rapport,Bill L. Lasley,Dennis E. Rolston,N. Ole Nielsen,Calvin O. Qualset,Ardeshir B. Damania Pdf

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, Managing for Healthy Ecosystems identifies key issues that must be resolved if there is to be progress in this complex area, such as: Evolving methods f

Author : Dominique F. Charron
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1461405173

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Ecohealth Research in Practice by Dominique F. Charron Pdf

This book is about doing innovative research to achieve sustainable and equitable change in people’s health and well-being through improved interactions with the environment. It presents experiences from the field of ecosystem approaches to health (or ecohealth research) and some insights and lessons learned. It builds on previous literature, notably Forget (1997), Forget and Lebel (2001), Lebel (2003), and Waltner-Toews et al. (2008). Through case-studies and other contributions by researchers supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the book presents evidence of real changes in conditions of people, their health, and the ecosystems that support them. These changes were derived from applications of an ecosystem approach to health in developing regions of the world. The book also illustrates the resulting body of applied, participatory, and action research that improved health and environmental management in developing countries and, in many cases, influenced policies and practices.

Author : Crescentia Y. Dakubo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781441902061

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Ecosystems and Human Health by Crescentia Y. Dakubo Pdf

Ecosystems and Human Health introduces Ecohealth as an emerging field of study, traces its evolution, and explains its applications in cross-disciplinary and holistic programs. Its integrative approach not only focuses on managing the environment to improve health, but also analyzes underlying social and economic determinants of health to develop innovative, people-centered interventions.

Author : United States. Interagency Ecosystem Management Task Force
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Ecosystem management
ISBN : IND:30000042387468

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The Ecosystem Approach by United States. Interagency Ecosystem Management Task Force Pdf

Author : David J. Rapport,Connie L. Gaudet,Peter Calow
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642794643

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Evaluating and Monitoring the Health of Large-Scale Ecosystems by David J. Rapport,Connie L. Gaudet,Peter Calow Pdf

Ecosystem health offers a fresh perspective on the management of natural resources and the environment. While some of the root concepts can surely be traced back to Aldo Leopold and even earlier, it is only in the recent decade that a substantial body of work has emerged on this topic. There is no question that a novel approach which is by its nature cross disciplinary, bridging the health and biological sciences, will initially raise a number of questions particularly pertaining to the use of metaphors and the validity of the analogy. This volume however goes beyond merely the philosophical dimensions of the subject by covering a number of case studies which have given rise to the development of promising quantitative methods for diagnosis and rehabilitation of ecosystems under stress. The focus of most studies is on regional ecosystems i.e. ecosystems of large scale. As such, the methods and approaches should have wide appeal to government agencies charged with the responsibility of sustainable development of regional ecosystems and natural resources. Health is one of those difficult concepts that everyone thinks they can define, until they come to try. We all have personal knowledge about health and illness and this makes the ecosystem analogy so potentially powerful. Yet it is also clear that the uncritical application of the concept could lead to overly simplistic approaches to analysis and management of ecosystem health.

Author : Jean Lebel,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC (International Development Research Centre)
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Ecological disturbances
ISBN : UCBK:C095486010

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Health by Jean Lebel,International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

The book demonstrates how decision-makers, in particular, can use the Ecohealth approach to formulate policies and solutions that are both immediately visible and sustainable over the long term.

Author : D. J. Rapport,Connie L. Gaudet,R. Constanza,P. R. Epstein,R. Levins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444313468

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Ecosystem Health by D. J. Rapport,Connie L. Gaudet,R. Constanza,P. R. Epstein,R. Levins Pdf

Ecosystem Health presents information to help the environmental sciences community further understand the relationships between ecosystem health and human health. By exploring preventative, diagnostic and prognostic aspects of ecosystem management and using case-study examples, the book takes the reader from theory to practice in this emerging integrative science.

Author : Dawn M. Elmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Ecosystem health
ISBN : MINN:31951D02996595F

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Understanding the Links Between Ecosystem Health and Social System Well-being by Dawn M. Elmer Pdf

Author : Sven E. Jorgensen,Fu-Liu Xu,Robert Costanza
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0203490185

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Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health by Sven E. Jorgensen,Fu-Liu Xu,Robert Costanza Pdf

The field of ecosystem health explores the interactions between natural systems, human health, and social organization. As decision makers require a sound, modular approach to environmental management and sustainable development, ecosystem health assessment indicators are increasingly used across any number of applications. The Handbook of Ecologic

Author : United States. Interagency Ecosystem Management Task Force
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Ecosystem management
ISBN : MSU:31293016179503

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The Ecosystem Approach: Implementation issues by United States. Interagency Ecosystem Management Task Force Pdf

Author : Steven Woodley,James Kay
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000162233

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Ecological Integrity and the Management of Ecosystems by Steven Woodley,James Kay Pdf

Today, efforts are being made to rehabilitate badly degraded ecosystems and protect areas which have important ecological value, such as national parks, critical fish and wildlife habitats, natural communities and endangered species. Since human values are an integral part of the decisions to protect or rehabilitate-the goals and objectives for such actions are often unclear. Concepts of "health," "integrity" and "diversity" express important values associated with management actions but they do not provide clear guidelines for these actions. The criteria developed and applied in this book provide guidelines and serve as a road map to anyone involved in ecosystem management-scientists, land managers and policy makers.

Author : Sven Jørgensen,Liu Xu,Robert Costanza
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781439858516

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Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health by Sven Jørgensen,Liu Xu,Robert Costanza Pdf

Continuing in the tradition of its bestselling predecessor, the Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health, Second Edition brings together world-class editors and contributors who have been at the forefront of ecosystem health assessment research for decades, to provide a sound approach to environmental management and sust

Author : United States. Interagency Ecosystem Management Task Force
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Ecosystem management
ISBN : LCCN:96120569

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The Ecosystem Approach by United States. Interagency Ecosystem Management Task Force Pdf

Author : Robert Costanza,Bryan G. Norton,Benjamin D. Haskell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015029169763

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Ecosystem Health by Robert Costanza,Bryan G. Norton,Benjamin D. Haskell Pdf

As environmental regulatory and management agencies (most notably the Environmental Protection Agency) move toward a broad set of management goals to protect ecosystem health, developing an adequate definition for "ecosystem health" has become increasingly important. This work is a multidisciplinary collection of perspectives on the concept of health as it relates to ecosystems. The contributors - leading ecologists, philosophers, and economists - analyze the normative, conceptual, and biological issues surrounding the idea of ecosystem health. They examine both theoretical and practical aspects of the issues, and look at philosophical and ethical underpinnings as well as implications for public policy and ecosystems management. Ecosystem Health is a groundbreaking attempt to formulate an understanding of the quality and health of natural environments so that regulatory mandates can be brought in line with legislative goals. Ultimately, it seeks a new ethic of sustainability that will serve to protect the vital processes of nature.

Author : Lars K. Hallstrom,Nicholas P. Guehlstorf,Margot W. Parkes
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biotic communities
ISBN : 9780773544796

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Ecosystems, Society, and Health by Lars K. Hallstrom,Nicholas P. Guehlstorf,Margot W. Parkes Pdf

The modern world has created complex systems that have interrelated concerns. Ecosystems, Society, and Health presents new perspectives on how the challenges relating to these concerns must be examined, not as disparate political narratives, but as dynamic transformational stories that demand integrative systems of research, analysis, practice, and action. Struggles over healthy watersheds, diseases associated with environmental change, and public health impacts of unsafe food exemplify the demand for integrated understanding and action. Contributors argue that traditional science, power politics, and linear ideals of public policy are inadequate to address sustainability, justice, safety, and responsibility. Drawing from a series of case studies that range from nursing, to watershed management, to environmental health and risk communication, this collection strikes an informed balance between practical lessons and a sophisticated theoretical context with which to interpret them. Demonstrating the diverse contextual understanding demanded by today's complex issues, Ecosystems, Society, and Health is a timely resource with guidance for practitioners, researchers, and educators.