LEADER 03296oam 2200673I 450 001 9910783658803321 005 20230422044311.0 010 $a0-429-07842-0 010 $a1-4822-8744-7 010 $a1-280-10524-0 010 $a9786610105243 010 $a0-203-30403-9 024 7 $a10.1201/9781482287448 035 $a(CKB)1000000000249842 035 $a(EBL)181514 035 $a(OCoLC)437084389 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000079965 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208815 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000079965 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10075220 035 $a(PQKB)10406393 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC181514 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL181514 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099720 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL10524 035 $a(OCoLC)958104057 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000249842 100 $a20180706d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aExploring environmental change using an integrative method /$fedited by Mark Lemon 210 1$aAustralia :$cGordon and Breach Science Publishers, an imprint of Overseas Publishers Association,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (258 p.) 225 1 $aEnvironmental problems and social dynamics ;$vv. 3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-5699-193-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 Model 327 $aTowards 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; INDEX 330 $aThis text draws upon 'complex systems' thinking to introduce a policy-related integrative method for diagnosing and managing environmental change. This conveys how existing intellectual resources can be exploited to explore environmental decision issues without resoring to such devices as 'meta-methods' or 'meta-disciplines'. 410 0$aEnvironmental problems and social dynamics ;$vv. 3. 606 $aEnvironmental monitoring 606 $aEnvironmental degradation$xMathematical models 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$xMathematical models 615 0$aEnvironmental monitoring. 615 0$aEnvironmental degradation$xMathematical models. 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on$xMathematical models. 676 $a333.720151 701 $aLemon$b Mark$01535499 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783658803321 996 $aExploring environmental change using an integrative method$93783771 997 $aUNINA