Integrated assessment of health and sustainability of agroecosystems

Drawing on management theory and practice, this work demonstrates the link between human health and agroecosystem sustainability. Written by a scholar fromKenya, the text provides an in-depth case study with global ramifications, addressing issues that are crucial to the rapidly changing tropics. This case study illustrates how the ideas of Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a UN-sponsored initiative involving 1300 authors from 95 counties, can be applied in practice. Exploring ecologically-based complex systems theories along with participatory action research, this book reflects key themes and uses language that has been incorporated by some of the leading organizations in the field. INDICE: General Introduction. Design and Implementation of an Adaptive, Integrated Approach to Health and Sustainability in a Smallholder-Dominated Agroecosystem. Community Participation and the Integration of Agroecosystem Healthand Sustainability Concerns into Practical Decision-Making. Use of Systems Theory, Directed Graphs, and Pulse Process Models in an Adaptive Approach to Agroecosystem Health and Sustainability. Soft System Methodology in the Management of Agroecosystem Health and Sustainability Concerns of a Tropical Highlands Agroecosystem. Development of Health and Sustainability Indicators for a Tropical-Highlands Agroecosystem. An Assessment of Health and Sustainability of a Smallholder-Dominated Tropical Highlands Ecosystem. General Discussion.

• ISBN: 978-1-4200-7277-8
• Editorial: CRC Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 16/05/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés