Buch, Englisch, 401 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 628 g
Understanding their Interactions in Mauritius
Buch, Englisch, 401 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 628 g
ISBN: 978-3-662-03063-9
Verlag: Springer
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Research
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Weitere Infos & Material
1 Introduction.- I: What Do We Want To Understand?.- 2 Background: People and Development.- 3 Simulation Models of Demographic, Economic, and Environmental Interactions.- II: Understanding Through History.- 4 People on Mauritius: 1638–1991.- 5 From No-Man’s-Land to a Congested Paradise: An Environmental History of Mauritius.- 6 Water Resources and Water Management.- 7 Sugar Cane and Other Agriculture.- 8 Industrial Development and the Labor Force.- 9 Sustainable Tourism.- 10 Energy.- III: Understanding Through Modeling.- 11 Philosophy of the PDE Approach.- 12 The Population Module.- 13 The Economic Module.- 14 Land Use and Regional Distribution.- 15 Modeling the Water Systems.- 16 Scenarios for Mauritius, 1990–2050.- 17 Alternative Histories Since 1962.- IV: Our Present Understanding: What Have We Learned?.- 18 Lessons From Mauritius in the Global Context.- 19 Epilogue: How Useful is the Mauritius Study for Other Parts of the World?.- References.