Resources and Society [electronic resource] : A Systems Ecology Study of the Island of Gotland, Sweden /

Although this book is about a specific area of the world (i.e., Gotland, Sweden), the interdisciplinary nature of the study, with regard to resources, environment, and society, makes it of interest to a number of fields. We have tried to make this book readable for a wide variety of interested parties including systems ecologists, environmental scientists, resource economists, geographers, regional planners, and regional scientists, as well as those interested in Nordic conditions. Since this project was part of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) pro­ gram, this book should be of general interest to the international community. This book is certainly not a textbook, but we see it as being useful for courses in regional analysis with plenty of examples for illustrating analysis and models related to energy, environment, and economics, or to the general field of systems ecology. An instructor could, of course, supplement the material on systems and models with other sources. We hope this small book will serve as a helpful example of the analysis of the complex interdisciplinary problems associated with resources and society. In Chapter 1, we present a brief introduction to the Gotland study as well as to some of the concepts and theories that have guided our investigations.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Zucchetto, James. author., Jansson, Ann-Mari. author., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	New York, NY : Springer New York, 1985
Subjects:	Life sciences., Ecology., Biomathematics., Statistics., Ecotoxicology., Soil science., Soil conservation., Life Sciences., Mathematical and Computational Biology., Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences., Soil Science & Conservation., Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5124-8
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