Sustainability Science for Watershed Landscapes /

Sustainability Science for Watershed Landscapes / / ed. by James Roumasset, KImberly M. Burnett, Arsenio Molina Balisacan.

“Sustainability science addresses the central challenge facing global society of how to reduce poverty and meet demands of a large human population desiring a good life while simultaneously maintaining the environment that provides the life support system on which long-term prosperity depends. This...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Balisacan, Arsenio M.,
Browning, Chad A.,
Bruland, Gregory L.,
Burnett, Kimberly M.,
Daily, Gretchen C.,
El-Kadi, Aly I.,
Evensen, Carl I.,
Fares, Ali,
Fox, Jefferson M.,
Friday, James B.,
Giambelluca, Thomas W.,
Goldman, Rebecca L.,
Guardiola-Claramonte, Maite,
Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y.,
Kido, Micheal H.,
Lasco, Rodel D.,
Lewis, Nancy D.,
McArthur, Harold J.,
Mira, Monica,
Montgomery, Kevin N.,
Ostrander, Gary K.,
Pongkijvorasin, Sittidaj,
Ravago, Majah-Leah V.,
Roumasset, James A.,
Shimada, Jun,
Taniguchi, Makoto,
Troch, Peter A.,
Umetsu, Chieko,
Villamor, Grace B.,
Watanabe, Tsugihiro,
Yachi, Shigeo,
HerausgeberIn:
Balisacan, Arsenio Molina,
Burnett, KImberly M.,
Roumasset, James,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES
  • FIGURES
  • Message
  • FOREWORD
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of contributors
  • Theme 1. Sustainability Science for Resource Management and Policy
  • 1. Economic Policy for Sustainable Development vs. Greed y Growth and Preservationism
  • 2. Integrated Watershed Management: Trees, Aquifers, Reefs, and Mud
  • 3. Transdisciplinary Research in Watershed Conservation: Experiences, Lessons, and Future Directions Chieko Umetsu, Makoto Taniguchi, Tsugihiro Watanabe, and Shigeo Yachi
  • 4. Payments for Ecological Services: Experiences in Carbon and Water Payments in the Philippines
  • Theme 2. Monitoring and Modelling
  • 5. Cyberinfrastructure for Sustainability in Coupled Human – Environment Systems
  • 6. Watershed Management for Sustainability in Tropical Watersheds: An Integrated Hydrologic Modelling Approach
  • 7. Watershed Assessment, Restoration, and Protection in Hawai’i
  • Theme 3. Participatory App roaches
  • 8. Landscape-Scale Conservation: Fostering Partnerships through Ecosystem Service Approaches
  • 9. A Participatory Approach to Community Resource Management: Building Upon Local Knowledge and Concerns
  • Theme 4. Case Studies
  • 10. Changing Land Use in the Golden Triangle: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
  • 11. Effects of Feral Pigs (Sus scrofa) on Watershed Health in Hawai‘i: A Literature Review and Preliminary Results on Runoff and Erosion
  • 12. Sustainable Water Quality Management for Pacific Island Watersheds: Illustrations from American Samoa, Hawai‘i, and Micronesia
  • 13. The Transboundary Management of Groundwater Resources in Kumamoto, Japan
  • Synthesis
  • 14. Sustainability Science: Overview and Directions for Further Research

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