03296oam 2200673I 450 991078365880332120230422044311.00-429-07842-01-4822-8744-71-280-10524-097866101052430-203-30403-910.1201/9781482287448 (CKB)1000000000249842(EBL)181514(OCoLC)437084389(SSID)ssj0000079965(PQKBManifestationID)11208815(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000079965(PQKBWorkID)10075220(PQKB)10406393(MiAaPQ)EBC181514(Au-PeEL)EBL181514(CaPaEBR)ebr10099720(CaONFJC)MIL10524(OCoLC)958104057(EXLCZ)99100000000024984220180706d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExploring environmental change using an integrative method /edited by Mark LemonAustralia :Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, an imprint of Overseas Publishers Association,1999.1 online resource (258 p.)Environmental problems and social dynamics ;v. 3Description based upon print version of record.90-5699-193-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; Policy Relevant Research: The Nature of the Problem; Towards an Integrative Method; Background to Agriculture and Degradation in the Argolid Valley; Social Enquiry and Natural Phenomena; Complexity, Systems and Models; Agricultural Production and Change; Technology and Agricultural Production in the Argolid; Structural Weaknesses and the Argolid?; Perceived Uncertainty and Farming: Establishing a Framework for Crop Choice; Policy Relevant Modelling in the Argolid: From Sociological Investigation to Crop Choice ModelTowards a Strategic Complex Systems Model of the Water/Salt SystemThe Strategic Model of Water Flow; Development of an Enhanced Integrated Dynamic Model; Where to From Here?; REFERENCES; INDEXThis text draws upon 'complex systems' thinking to introduce a policy-related integrative method for diagnosing and managing environmental change. This conveys how existing intellectual resources can be exploited to explore environmental decision issues without resoring to such devices as 'meta-methods' or 'meta-disciplines'.Environmental problems and social dynamics ;v. 3.Environmental monitoringEnvironmental degradationMathematical modelsNatureEffect of human beings onMathematical modelsEnvironmental monitoring.Environmental degradationMathematical models.NatureEffect of human beings onMathematical models.333.720151Lemon Mark1535499MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783658803321Exploring environmental change using an integrative method3783771UNINA