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Title Institutions, ecosystems, and sustainability / edited by Robert Costanza ... [and others]
Published Boca Raton ; London : Lewis Publishers, [2001]
©2001

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 W'BOOL  333.7011 Cos/Iea  AVAILABLE
Description 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Ecological economics series
Ecological economics series (International Society for Ecological Economics)
Contents Ch. 1. Ecosystems and human systems: a framework for exploring the linkages / Robert Costanza, Bobbi S. Low and Elinor Ostrom / [et al.] -- Ch. 2. Dynamic systems modeling / Robert Costanza and Matthias Ruth -- Ch. 3. Human-ecosystems interactions: a basic dynamic integrated model / Bobbi S. Low, Elinor Ostrom and Robert Costanza / [et al.] -- Ch. 4. Scale misperceptions and the spatial dynamics of a social-ecological system / James Wilson, Robert Costanza and Bobbi S. Low / [et al.] -- Ch. 5. Sustainability, equity, and efficiency of irrigation infrastructures / Nirmal Sengupta, Swati Sheladia and Elinor Ostrom -- Ch. 6. An introduction to mathematical models in fisheries ecology / Carl Simon -- Ch. 7. Simulation of the market for the Maine lobster / James Wilson -- Ch. 8. Modeling for scoping, research, and management / Robert Costanza and Matthias Ruth -- Ch. 9. Case study: Patuxent River watershed, Maryland / Robert Costanza, Alexey Voinov and Roelof Boumans / [et al.] -- Ch. 10. Future directions / Robert Costanza, Bobbi S. Low and Elinor Ostrom / [et al.]
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to ECHO (Ebrary)
Subject Decision making -- Simulation methods.
Environmental economics -- Simulation methods.
Human ecology -- Simulation methods.
Sustainable development -- Simulation methods.
Author Costanza, Robert.
ebrary, Inc.
LC no. 00046347
ISBN 1566703891