| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 428 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction and outline of the integrity concept. Ecological integrity and the aims of the Global Integrity Project / Laura Westra ... [and others] Historical and philosophical foundations. Ecological integrity and the Darwinian paradigm / Alan Holland -- Ecosystem design in historical and philosophical context / Mark Sagoff -- Reconstructing ecology / Ernest Partridge -- Toward the measurement of ecological integrity / Robert E. Ulanowicz -- Sustainability and integrity of natural resource systems. Environmental sustainability and integrity in the agriculture sector / Robert Goodland, David Pimentel -- Patch disturbance, ecofootprints, and biological integrity : revisiting the limits to growth (or why industrial society is inherently unsustainable) / William E. Rees -- Can Canadian approaches to sustainable forest management maintain ecological integrity? / Peter Miller, James W. Ehnes -- Pattern of forest integrity in the Eastern United States and Canada : measuring loss and recovery / Orie L. Loucks -- Maintaining the ecological integrity of landscapes and ecoregions / Reed Noss -- Health, integrity, and biological assessment : the importance of measuring whole things / James R. Karr -- Global change, fisheries, and the integrity of marine ecosystems : the future has already begun / Daniel Pauly. Human and societal health. Global environmental change in the coming century : how sustainable are recent health gains? / A.J. McMichael -- Epidemiologic methods for assessing the health impact of diminishing ecological integrity / Colin L. Soskolne, Lee E. Sieswerda, H. Morgan Scott -- Institutionalized environmental violence and human rights / Laura Westra. Economics and ethics of achieving global integrity. The cost of the wild : international equity and the losses from environmental conservation / Ted Schrecker -- A complex systems approach to urban ecosystem integrity : the benefit side / Philippe Crabbé -- A biocentric defense of environmental integrity / James P. Sterba -- Commodity potential : an approach to understanding the ecological consequences of markets / Jack P. Manno -- The state of the planet at the five-year review of Rio and the prospects for protecting worldwide ecological integrity / Donald A. Brown. Synthesis. Implementing global ecological integrity : a synthesis / Donald A. Brown [and others]. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ecological integrity.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pimentel, David, 1925-
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Westra, Laura.
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Noss, Reed F.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ecological integrity. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©2000 (DLC) 00008255 |
| ISBN |
1559638079 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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9781559638074 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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1559638087 (paper ; acid-free paper) |
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9781559638081 (paper ; acid-free paper) |
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1417543833 (electronic bk.) |
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9781417543830 (electronic bk.) |
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9781610910637 (electronic bk.) |
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161091063X (electronic bk.) |
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