Foundations for Sustainability

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-12-811460-5
Verlag: ACADEMIC PRESS

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 519 g

Foundations for Sustainability: A Coherent Framework of Life-Environment Relations challenges existing assumptions on environmental issues and lays the groundwork for a new paradigm, bringing a greater understanding of what is needed to help create an environmentally and economically sustainable future, which to date has been an uphill battle and not an obvious choice. The book presents the case for a paradigm based on a multi-model of life as organism, life as ecosystem, and life as biosphere, as opposed to the singular assumption that life can be viewed solely as an organism.

All backed with well-cited research from top investigators from around the world, this book is a must-have resource for anyone working in ecology, environmental science or sustainability.

Zielgruppe

<p>ecologists, environmental scientists, environmental managers, geographers, sustainability experts, biologists needing information on sustainability</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fiscus, Daniel A.

Fath, Brian D.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. To Solve a Difficult Problem, Enlarge It2. Life as the Basis of Value3. Holistic Science of Life-Environment - Mutualistic Interfaces4. Life: From Origins to Humans5. Reforming Reductionism with Six Core Principles6. Life Science Lessons from Ecological Networks and Systems Ecology7. A Bridge Not Too Far: Spanning Theory to Science to Application8. Technology and Applications in the Context of Holistic Life-Environment9. Sustainability: A Goal for All

Über Autor(innen)

Fiscus, Daniel A.
Dan Fiscus is a researcher in sustainability, systems ecology, food systems, and regenerative economics. He has degrees in electrical engineering, ecology with a minor in biomathematics, and a PhD in Environmental Science. He studies holistic, sustainable human-environment and life-environment relations, theoretical ecology and ecological modeling, ecological network analysis and sources of leverage for change to benefit humanity. He is also a member of the Western Maryland Food Council, which works to increase local food production and for systemic change and improvement to the food system in the Western Maryland region. Dan also collaborates with colleagues in the Research Alliance for Regenerative Economics (RARE).

Fath, Brian D.
Brian D. Fath is Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Towson University (Maryland, USA) and Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Laxenburg, Austria). He has published over 180 research papers, reports, and book chapters on environmental systems modeling, specifically in the areas of network analysis, resilience, and sustainability. He co-authored the books Foundations for Sustainability: A Coherent Framework of Life-Environment Relations (2018) and Flourishing Within Limits to Growth: Following nature's way (2015). He is also Editor-in-Chief for the journal Ecological Modelling. Dr. Fath was the 2016 recipient of the Prigogine Medal for outstanding work in systems ecology, and held a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Parthenope University (Naples, Italy) in 2012.