Main Title |
Ecological sustainability : understanding complex issues / |
Author |
Northrop, Robert B.
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, |
Year Published |
2013 |
OCLC Number |
794041289 |
ISBN |
9781466565128 (hardback : acid-free paper); 1466565128 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
Subjects |
Sustainability ;
Sustainable development ;
Sustainability--Simulation methods ;
Sustainable development--Simulation methods ;
Biocomplexity ;
Social systems ;
Human ecology
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJAM |
GF50.N675 2013 |
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Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA |
04/14/2014 |
EKBM |
GF50.N675 2013 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
08/19/2013 |
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Collation |
xviii, 522 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-514) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Human Ecological Sustainability -- Review of Complexity and Complex Systems -- Multidimensional Challenges to Human Sustainability -- Mitigations of Human Impacts Through Technology -- Sustainable Agriculture -- Unconventional Foods : Insects, Plankton, Fungi and in vitro Meat -- Complex Economic Systems and Sustainability -- Application of Complex Systems Thinking to Solve Sustainability Problems -- What will happen to us? : FAQs on Sustainability -- Glossary. |