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1 online resource (629 pages) |
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Cover; Ecological Dimensions for Sustainable Socio Economic Development; Copyright Page; Contents; Editors and Contributors; Foreword; PART 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: Introduction to ecological dimensions for sustainable socioeconomic development; Chapter 2: The concept of sustainable development from an ecosystem perspective: history, evolution, and epistemology; PART 2: DWINDLING RESOURCES AND UNCERTAINTY FOR SUSTAINABILITY; Chapter 3: Water, energy and sustainable development in the 21st century. |
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Chapter 4: Ecologically sustainable water management: role of the academy to face the development? Pressures and challenges -- experiences in ChileChapter 5: Water management in Mexico: analysis from the sustainability perspective; Chapter 6: Hydrological consequences of climate variability and impact on sustainability of the two great basins in the northwest of Mexico; Chapter 7: Enso drought effects and their impact in the ecology and economy of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico; Chapter 8: The relation of oil to the Mexican economy: past, present and future. |
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Chapter 9: Climate change as a key variable for a socially and economically sustainable future: a synthesisPART 3: FUNDAMENTALS TOWARD PUBLIC POLICIES; Chapter 10: Coastal governance in Brazil: the challenges of pre-salt cycle; Chapter 11: Uncoupled public policies and institutions: persistent challenges for management of altered ecosystems; Chapter 12: Environmental policy for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation: a case study involving the exploitation of Beaucarnea recurvata; Chapter 13: Gaps in environmental law on sustainable socioeconomic development. |
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PART 4: CONCEPTS, TOOLS AND STUDY CASESChapter 14: An ecosystem vision for New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta: applying ecological economics and ecological engineering; Chapter 15: Current concepts of eco-economy and biophysical economics: towards sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico coastal zone; Chapter 16: Renewable resources and poverty alleviation: an application to non-timber forest products; Chapter 17: Use of wetland spatial models for sustainable development. |
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Chapter 18: Quantitative analysis of natural resource regulations leading to coastal ecosystems sustainability: Mexico as a case studyChapter 19: Conservation priorities from the structural stability of ecosystems; Chapter 20: Identifying areas for ecotourism and conservation of threatened species: the model of black howler monkey in Playas de Catazajá, Mexico; Chapter 21: Toward sustainability of development in the southern coast of Brazil; Chapter 22: Interdisciplinary diagnosis and scenario analysis for the implementation of a coastal protected area, Laguna de Rocha Uruguay. |
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Chapter 23: The Mayakoba touristic development: a model of sustainable tourism in the Mexican Caribbean. |
| Summary |
This book not only introduces a theoretical and conceptual framework for the topic, but also analyses the uncertainty for sustainability because of dwindling natural resources. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Sustainable development.
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sustainable development. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics. |
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Sustainable development |
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Dávalos-Sotelo, R.
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Day, J. W.
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Reyes, E.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yáñez-Arancibia, A. Ecological Dimensions for Sustainable Socio Economic Development. SOUTHAMPTON : WIT Press, ©2013 9781845647568 |
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9781845647575 |
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1845647572 |
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1845647564 |
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9781845647568 |
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