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Title:

Ecosystems and human well-being : current state and trends. volume 1 / edited by Rashid Hassan, Robert Scholes, Neville Ash.

Publisher:

Island Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xxi, 917 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Human ecology.
Ecosystem management.
Biotic communities.
Biological diversity.
Ecological assessment (Biology)

Other Authors:

Hassan, Rashid M.
Scholes, Robert.
Ash, Neville.
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Program). Condition and Trends Working Group.

Notes:

Findings of the Condition and Trends Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

MA conceptual framework -- Analytical approaches for assessing ecosystem conditions and human well-being -- Drivers of ecosystem change -- Biodiversity -- Ecosystem conditions and human well-being -- Vulnerable peoples and places -- Fresh water -- Food -- Timber, fuel, and fiber -- New products and industries from biodiversity -- Biodiversity regulation of ecosystem services -- Nutrient cycling -- Climate and air quality -- Human health : ecosystem regulation of infectious diseases -- Waste processing and detoxification -- Regulation of natural hazards: floods and fires -- Cultural and amenity services -- Marine fisheries systems -- Coastal systems -- Inland water systems -- Forest and woodland systems -- Dryland systems -- Island systems -- Mountain systems -- Polar systems -- Cultivated systems -- Urban systems -- Synthesis.

Series:

The millennium ecosystem assessment series

ISBN:

9781559632287 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1559632283 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781559632270 (cloth : alk. paper)
1559632275 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60697094

LCCN:

2005017196

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)