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Coastal Zones Ecosystem Services: From Science to Values and Decision Making
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Description for Coastal Zones Ecosystem Services: From Science to Values and Decision Making
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This book applies the `ecosystem services' framework to coastal environments, showing how it could facilitate an adaptive management strategy. The contributors describe a decision support system (DSS) based on the 3 Ps - pluralism, pragmatism and precaution - that leads to a more flexible, `learn by doing' approach to the stewardship of coastal environments. The book lays out a Balance Sheets Approach to formatting, interrogating and presenting data and findings. The opening chapter defines coastal zones, their characteristics and natural resources, and describes their complex and dynamic nature. The chapter shows that large-scale trends and pressures have led ... Read more
This book applies the `ecosystem services' framework to coastal environments, showing how it could facilitate an adaptive management strategy. The contributors describe a decision support system (DSS) based on the 3 Ps - pluralism, pragmatism and precaution - that leads to a more flexible, `learn by doing' approach to the stewardship of coastal environments. The book lays out a Balance Sheets Approach to formatting, interrogating and presenting data and findings. The opening chapter defines coastal zones, their characteristics and natural resources, and describes their complex and dynamic nature. The chapter shows that large-scale trends and pressures have led ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Studies in Ecological Economics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319172132
SKU
V9783319172132
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