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Sustainability

A Biological Perspective

By: Stephen Morse

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Paperback | 8 July 2010

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Encouraging students to engage in the challenges and complexity of sustainability, this text considers not only the theories underlying sustainability, but more importantly how theories are translated into practice and the difficulties of achieving this in the world in which we live. This pragmatic focus gives students a greater understanding of the practice of sustainability and highlights the challenges involved. Models and theories are illustrated throughout with real world examples to help students move away from the abstract and connect with genuine issues.

The text begins by focusing on sustainable production and consumption, and how they are related. The role of tools such as modelling and sustainability indicators are explored, and extended into the fields of stakeholder participation, livelihoods and evidence-based policy. The final chapter explores the interconnections between apparently disparate subjects, including ecology, environmental science and economics, and the importance of taking an interdisciplinary perspective.

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'This is a useful text to make students recognise the interconnectedness that underlies conservation, agriculture and environmental management with economics, ethics and politics. Although he cannot cover all aspects of sustainability Morse provides enough in this volume, from food miles to evidence based policy making, to challenge any ecologist, economist or even policy maker to think more broadly.' Bulletin of the British Ecological Society

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Non-Fiction Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Sustainability Economics Development Economics & Emerging Economies Conservation of The Environment Science Biology, Life Sciences Environmental Management Applied Ecology Engineering & Technology

Environmental Science

Preface	p. vii
Sustainability: a word of our time	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Science and subjectivity	p. 3
Roots of sustainability	p. 9
Conclusion and structure of the book	p. 16
Sustainable agriculture: more and more production	p. 19
Introduction	p. 19
Green is the colour of sustainability	p. 23
Cropping systems and yield maximisation	p. 28
The niche: completion and co-existence in cropping systems	p. 42
Total factor productivity: a microcosm of sustainability	p. 51
Enhancing TFP: genetic modification	p. 60
Conclusion	p. 66
Sustainable management of fisheries	p. 68
Introduction	p. 68
The enticing concept of maximum sustainable yield	p. 69
Managing with the logistic curve: the Schaefer model	p. 79
Applying the Schaefer model	p. 85
Sustainability, chaos and strange attractors	p. 92
Conclusion	p. 100
Applying sustainability to industry	p. 102
Introduction	p. 102
Energy, emergy and exergy	p. 105
Balancing inputs and outputs: material intensity	p. 115
The Natural Steps: setting out rules for sustainability	p. 122
Gaia: our saviour?	p. 124
Corporate sustainability	p. 132
Conclusion	p. 139
Social and economic dimensions to sustainability	p. 142
Introduction	p. 142
Linking economics and environment	p. 143
Environmental Kuznets curve: de-linking economic growth and environment impact?	p. 155
Sustainable livelihoods	p. 160
Conclusion	p. 168
The 'doing' of sustainability	p. 171
Introduction	p. 171
Ecological footprint: the global repercussion of demand	p. 172
Food miles	p. 187
Sustainability indicators and indices	p. 190
Participatory sustainability	p. 199
Conclusion	p. 206
Sustainability science?	p. 208
Introduction: the territory	p. 208
Making it matter: influencing lives	p. 213
Challenges ahead: some conclusions	p. 218
References	p. 222
Index	p. 246
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