Ecosystem sustainability and health : a practical approach
by
Waltner-Toews, David, 1948-
Title
:
Ecosystem sustainability and health : a practical approach
Author
:
Waltner-Toews, David, 1948-
ISBN
:
9780521531856
Personal Author
:
Waltner-Toews, David, 1948-
Publication Information
:
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Physical Description
:
xi, 138 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
:
1. Presenting complaint -- 2. The clinical examination : asking questions, getting data -- 3. Making a diagnosis : synthesizing information from data -- 4. Setting goals : where do we want to go? -- 5. Achieving goals : managing and monitoring -- 6. Responding to change : AMESH and the never-ending story.
Abstract
:
"Improving the health of people and animals, and improving the health, integrity or sustainability of ecosystems, are laudable and important objectives. Can we do both? There are no ecosystems untouched by human activity, and there are worrying signs that the world's ecosystems are reaching the limits of their ability to adapt to human impacts. Drawing on fields as diverse as epidemiology and participatory action research, philosophy and environmental sciences, ecology and systems sciences, this book is about searching for solutions to complex problems to produce a new science for sustainability."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Ecosystem management.
Environmental health.
Added Corporate Author
:
Network for Ecosystem Sustainability & Health.
Electronic Access
:
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015769348 | 333.9516 W237E 2004 | 1 |