Sustainability Science for Watershed Landscapes

Authors: James Roumasset, KImberly M. Burnett, Arsenio Molina Balisacan Publisher: ISEAS Publishing Publication date: 2010 Publication language: Angielski Number of pages: 368 Publication formats: EAN: 9789814279956 ISBN: 9789814279956 Category: Applied ecology Publisher's index: - Bibliographic note: -

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• CONTENTS 6
• TABLES 8
• FIGURES 9
• Message 13
• FOREWORD 15
• Preface 17
• Acknowledgments 18
• List of contributors 20
• 1. Economic Policy for Sustainable Development vs. Greed y Growth and Preservationism 26
• Theme 1. Sustainability Science for Resource Management and Policy 26
• 2. Integrated Watershed Management: Trees, Aquifers, Reefs, and Mud 70
• 3. Transdisciplinary Research in Watershed Conservation: Experiences, Lessons, and Future Directions Chieko Umetsu, Makoto Tanig 100
• 4. Payments for Ecological Services: Experiences in Carbon and Water Payments in the Philippines 126
• 5. Cyberinfrastructure for Sustainability in Coupled Human – Environment Systems 150
• Theme 2. Monitoring and Modelling 150

• CONTENTS 6
• TABLES 8
• FIGURES 9
• Message 13
• FOREWORD 15
• Preface 17
• Acknowledgments 18
• List of contributors 20
• 1. Economic Policy for Sustainable Development vs. Greed y Growth and Preservationism 26
• Theme 1. Sustainability Science for Resource Management and Policy 26
• 2. Integrated Watershed Management: Trees, Aquifers, Reefs, and Mud 70
• 3. Transdisciplinary Research in Watershed Conservation: Experiences, Lessons, and Future Directions Chieko Umetsu, Makoto Tanig 100
• 4. Payments for Ecological Services: Experiences in Carbon and Water Payments in the Philippines 126
• 5. Cyberinfrastructure for Sustainability in Coupled Human – Environment Systems 150
• Theme 2. Monitoring and Modelling 150
• 6. Watershed Management for Sustainability in Tropical Watersheds: An Integrated Hydrologic Modelling Approach 164
• 7. Watershed Assessment, Restoration, and Protection in Hawai’i 190
• Theme 3. Participatory App roaches 218
• 8. Landscape-Scale Conservation: Fostering Partnerships through Ecosystem Service Approaches 218
• 9. A Participatory Approach to Community Resource Management: Building Upon Local Knowledge and Concerns 242
• Theme 4. Case Studies 258
• 10. Changing Land Use in the Golden Triangle: Where the Rubber Meets the Road 258
• 11. Effects of Feral Pigs (Sus scrofa) on Watershed Health in Hawai‘i: A Literature Review and Preliminary Results on Runoff and 274
• 12. Sustainable Water Quality Management for Pacific Island Watersheds: Illustrations from American Samoa, Hawai‘i, and Micrones 302
• 13. The Transboundary Management of Groundwater Resources in Kumamoto, Japan 334
• Synthesis 352
• 14. Sustainability Science: Overview and Directions for Further Research 352

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