Ecological sustainability : understanding complex issues

Ecological sustainability understanding complex issues

Complex Systems is a new field of science studying how parts of a system give rise to the collective behaviors of the system, and how the system interacts with its environment. This book examines the complex systems involved in environmental sustainability, and examines the technologies involved to...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Northrop, Robert B., author (author), Connor, Anne N. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press 2013.
Boca Raton, Fla. : 2013.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Sustainability.
Sustainable development.
Sustainability > Simulation methods.
Sustainable development > Simulation methods.
Biocomplexity.
Social systems.
Human ecology.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009634705306719
Table of Contents:
  • Human Ecological Sustainability
  • Review of Complexity and Complex Systems
  • Multidimensional Challenges to Human Sustainability
  • Mitigations of Human Impacts Through Technology
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Unconventional Foods : Insects, Plankton, Fungi and in vitro Meat
  • Complex Economic Systems and Sustainability
  • Application of Complex Systems Thinking to Solve Sustainability Problems
  • What will happen to us? : FAQs on Sustainability
  • Glossary.

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