Ecosystem Functions and Management Theory and Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sandhu, Harpinder (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Environment.; Ecosystems.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Natural resources.; Environmental Management.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.; Sustainable Development.; Natural Resources.

This is the first book to provide vital information on key local ecosystems, their functions, state of health, and their role in development in an Asian context, particularly on the Indian subcontinent. It addresses six major ecosystems on the Indian subcontinent – mountain, rural, desert, forest, u...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part A
• 1. Theory and practice of ecosystem functions and management
• 2. Economic systems and ecosystems: Interlinkages, co-evolution or disparate movement?
• Part B
• 3. Interactions between humans and ecosystems in Himalayas of India and its socioeconomic and ecological consequences: An ecological modelling approach
• 4. Ecosystem services and agriculture in Punjab, India
• 5. Desert ecosystem management: a sustainable and wise use
• 6. Forest ecosystem: functions, value and management
• 7. Urban ecosystems: functions, value and management.-8. The Hydro-institutional challenge of managing tanks: a study of tanks in rural Andhra Pradesh
• Part C
• 9. Interlinking ecosystems for multiple benefits
• 10. Sustainable ecosystems and the role of business
• Epilogue: Designing sustainable ecosystems in South Asia.