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Ecosystems and human well-being : scenarios : findings of the Scenarios Working Group, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment / edited by Steve R. Carpenter [and others].

Title
Ecosystems and human well-being : scenarios : findings of the Scenarios Working Group, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment / edited by Steve R. Carpenter [and others].
Publication
Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Carpenter, Stephen R.
  • Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Program). Scenarios Working Group.
Description
xxv, 560 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 29 cm.
Summary
Comparing alternate futures of ecosystem services and human well-being -- MA conceptual framework -- Global scenarios in historical perspective -- Ecology in global scenarios -- State of the art in simulating future changes in ecosystem services -- Scenarios for ecosystem services : rationale and overview -- Methodology for developing the MA scenarios -- Drivers of change in ecosystem condition and services -- Four scenarios -- Changes in ecosystem services and their drivers across the scenarios -- Biodiversity across scenarios -- Human well-being across scenarios -- Interactions among ecosystem services -- Lessons learned for scenario analysis -- Policy synthesis for key stakeholders.
Series Statement
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment series ; v. 2
Uniform Title
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment series ; v. 2.
Subject
  • Ecosystem services
  • Human ecology
  • Environmental policy
  • Biodiversity
  • Biotic communities
  • Ecology
  • Environmental health
  • Ecosystem
  • Biodiversity
  • Environmental Health
  • Environment
  • Public Policy
  • Services des écosystèmes
  • Écologie humaine
  • Environnement > Politique gouvernementale
  • Biodiversité
  • Écosystèmes
  • Écologie
  • Hygiène du milieu
  • human ecology
  • environmental policy
  • ecology
  • Ecosystem services
  • Environmental policy
  • Human ecology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment conceptual framework -- Global scenarios in historical perspective -- Ecology in global scenarios -- State of the art in simulating future changes in ecosystem services -- Scenarios for ecosystem services : rationale and overview -- Methodology for developing the MA scenarios -- Drivers of change in ecosystem condition and services -- Four scenarios -- Changes in ecosystem services and their drivers across the scenarios -- Biodiversity across scenarios -- Human well-being across scenarios -- Interactions among ecosystem services -- Lessons learned for scenario analysis -- Policy synthesis for key stakeholders.
ISBN
  • 1559633905
  • 9781559633901
  • 1559633913
  • 9781559633918
LCCN
2005017195
OCLC
60697092
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library