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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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