The Science of Open Spaces Theory and Practice for Conserving Large, Complex Systems /

This publication proposes that we return to “first principles”--fundamental physical laws of the universe--and think about complex systems from the ground up based on modern scientific theory backed up by practical experience.  Since the days of the American Frontier, our management policies have pr...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Curtin, Charles (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2015.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a 1. Integrating conservation and complexity through the  perspective of place -- 2. experiments in post-normal science in southwestern  Rangelands -- 3. Experiments in the Governance of Maine’s coastal  fisheries -- 4. Conceptual Under pinnings for preserving open  spaces -- 5. Resilience and the socioecological synthesis -- 6. Practical aspects of sustaining open spaces. 
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