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Ecological economics of sustainable watershed management /
The papers in this volume illustrate the power of a scientific approach to ecological economics. Good science is a careful blend of theory and empirical testing. Theory without empirical grounding is of no practical value and random case studies without a theoretical context are not generalizable. T...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Oxford :
Elsevier JAI,
2007.
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| Colección: | Advances in the economics of environmental resources ;
v. 7. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Introduction
- Chapter 1. Ecological Economics at the Watershed Scale: Comparing and Contrasting the United States and German Experiences and Approaches
- Part II: Watershed Management
- Chapter 2. River Basin Management in Germany: Past Experiences and Challenges Ahead
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Water Management in Germany
- 3. Past Experiences with River Basin Management
- 4. The new EU Framework Directive
- 5. Conclusions and Outlook
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 3. The Evolution of Watershed Management in the United States
- 1. The American Context: Private Property and the Public Interest
- 2. Early Government Involvement in Watershed Conflicts: The Case of Farmers and Miners in California's Central Valley
- 3. Industrial Pollution and the Emergence of Point Source Management: An East Coast Story
- 4. Growth of Governmental Intervention in Water Resource Management
- 5. Non-Point Source Pollution and the Watershed Partnership Approach
- 6. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Part III: Scenario Analysis and Integrated Watershed Modeling
- Chapter 4. Scenario Analysis in the Elbe River Basin as Part of Integrated Assessment
- 1. Intention and Approaches of Scenario Analysis
- 2. Scenario Derivation with the Integrative Assessment Approach IMA
- 3. Scenario Derivation Relating to a Water Allocation Conflict in the Elbe River Basin
- 4. Outlook
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 5. Scenario Analysis of Economy-Ecology Interactions in the Hudson River Basin
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Study System
- 3. Overview of the Approach
- 4. Discussion
- References
- Chapter 6. Integrated Agricultural and Hydrological Modeling within an Intensive Livestock Region
- 1. Introduction and Problem
- 2. Theoretical Background
- 3. Integrated Agricultural Economic and Hydrological Modeling
- 4. Results
- 5. Conclusions and Outlook
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 7. Integration of Agro-Economic Analysis and Ecological Modelling
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Material, Methods and Study Area
- 3. Ecological Approach and Economic Analysis
- 4. Discussion and Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 8. Regional Economic Modeling and Spatial Key Sector Analysis
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Linkages between Economic and Land use Models
- 3. Methods
- 4. Case Study: Dutchess County, New York, USA
- 5. Discussion
- References
- Chapter 9. Residential Location Theory, Modeling, and Scenario Analysis of Urban Growth And Planning
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Residential Location Theory: From von Thünen's Rings to Urban Sprawl
- 3. Wappinger Creek Watershed Residential Development Model
- 4. Scenario Analysis
- 5. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Part IV: Evaluation Tools and Participatory Watershed Management
- Chapter 10. Multicriteria Decision Analysis: Overview and Implications for Environmental Decision Making
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The.