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Title:

Ecosystems and human well-being : multiscale assessments. volume 4 / edited by Doris Capistrano ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Island Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xix, 388 p. :b ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 28 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Capistrano, Doris.
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Program). Sub-global Assessments Working Group.

Notes:

Findings of the Sub-global Assessments Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Summary of the MA conceptual framework -- Overview of the MA sub-global assessments -- Linking ecosystem services and human well-being in the sub-global assessments -- The multiscale approach -- Using multiple knowledge systems in sub-global assessments : benefits and challenges -- Assessment process -- Drivers of ecosystem change -- Condition and trends of ecosystem services and biodiversity -- Responses to ecosystem changes and their impacts on human well-being : lessons from sub-global assessments -- Sub-global scenarios -- Communities, ecosystems, and livelihoods -- Reflections and lessons learned.

Series:

The millennium ecosystem assessment series

ISBN:

9781559631860 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1559631864 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781559631853 (cloth : alk. paper)
1559631856 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60697091

LCCN:

2005017194

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)