Note: Intro -- Sustainability Science -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Managing the Earth's Life Support Systems: The Emergence of Sustainability Science and Transdisciplinarity -- References -- From the Unity of Nature to Sustainability Science: Ideas and Practice -- Ideas of Sustainability Science -- The Unity of Nature -- Nature Modi ed by Human Action -- Nature Linked to Human Development -- NAS-NRC Board on Sustainable Development 1995-99 -- Friibergh Workshop on Sustainability Science -- Sustainability Science -- Major Tasks of Sustainability Science -- Fundamental Research on Use-Inspired Problems -- Core Research Questions and Themes -- Elaborating Human-Environment (H-E) Systems -- Published Research -- Nurturing the Next Generations -- ASU School of Sustainability -- Readings in Sustainability Science and Technology -- Sustainability Science Distributed Graduate Seminar -- Moving Knowledge into Action -- Knowledge into Action Challenges -- Acting on What We Already Know -- Maine Sustainability Solutions Initiative -- From the Unity of Nature to Sustainability Science -- References -- Sustaining Sustainability: Creating a Systems Science in a Fragmented Academy and Polarized World -- The Challenge -- Characteristics of Complex Systems -- Policy Resistance -- Feedback: (Almost) Nothing Is Exogenous -- Nonlinearity -- Tipping Points -- Eroding Goals -- Time Delays -- Stocks and Flows -- Where Is the Leverage? -- Teaching and Learning -- Conclusion -- References -- A Landscape Approach for Sustainability Science -- Introduction -- Landscape as a Place for Sustainability -- Culture-Nature Relationship in Landscapes -- De ning Landscape Sustainability -- Measuring Landscape Sustainability -- Landscape Ecology as a Cornerstone of Sustainability Science -- Concluding Remarks -- References. , It's OK to Talk About Sustainability -- Introduction -- Pressure-State-Response Model Leads to Sustainability -- Risk Mangers and Insurers (Box 2) -- Regulations and Policy (Box 3) -- Finance and Investors (Box 4) -- UN, World Bank, NGOs, and Global Society (Box 5) -- Convergence of Business Strategies and Government Policies (Boxes 6, 7, and 8) -- Sustainability at the USEPA: Promoting Sustainability Science and Innovation -- Need for a National Sustainability Policy -- Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Balancing Ecology and Economy: Natural Capital and Quality of Life -- The Value of Natural and Social Capital in Our Current Full World and in a Sustainable and Desirable Future -- Introduction -- From an Empty to a Full World -- Quality of Life, Happiness, and the Real Economy -- Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services -- Are We Really Making Progress? -- A New Sustainable, Ecological Model of Development -- Principles of Sustainable Governance -- Some Policies to Achieve Real, Sustainable Development -- References -- Steps Towards Sustainability and Tools for Restoring Natural Capital: Etang de Berre (Southern France) Case Study -- Introduction -- Box 1 De nitions of Terms as Used in This Chapter -- The Target Area: The Berre Lagoon and the Berre- Bolmon-Rove Landscape -- GIPREB Mission and Trajectory to Date -- Three Tools for Restoring Natural Capital and Improving Quality of Life -- Tool No. 1: Sequential References -- Tool No. 2: Historical Multicriteria Analysis -- Tool No. 3: RNC Thinking -- HMCA to Inform the Choice of a Reference Model Among Varying Alternatives -- Methodology -- Identification of the Alternatives -- Identi cation of Criteria Used to Judge the "Performance" of Each Reference State -- Assessing the Value Associated with the Alternative Reference States. , Aggregation of Scores, Sensitivity Analysis, and Examination of Results -- Box 2 A Word of Caution About MCA -- Box 3 Details Used in the Historical MCA Analysis -- Discussion -- Conclusions and Perspectives -- Box 4 The Value of Natural Capital: Wetlands -- Ways Towards Sustainability -- References -- Sustainability of Biodiversity Under Global Changes, with Particular Reference to Biological Invasions -- Introduction -- Causes of Biodiversity Loss -- Habitat Destruction -- Invasions -- Biogeochemical Cycles -- Climate Change -- Overharvest -- Interactions Among the Key Extinction Forces -- What to Do About Declining Biodiversity -- Reducing the Impact of Biological Introductions -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: From Science to Policy: Managing the Commons, Social Learning, and Social Responsibility -- References -- "Post-sustainability": The Emergence of the Social Sciences as the Hand-Maidens of Policy -- Introduction -- A Novel Crisis: Financial Markets and the Environment -- The Financial Crisis, Climate Change, and Consumption -- Assumptions of the Policy Model -- Capitalism "Lite" -- Underlying Structural Issues -- Is There a "Bright Narrative?" -- References -- The Purpose and Politics of Ecosystem-Based Management -- Introduction -- Origins of EBM -- Theoretical Bene fits of EBM -- Landscape-Scale Planning -- Stakeholder Collaboration -- Flexible, Adaptive Implementation -- Critiques of EBM -- EBM in Practice -- A Systematic Assessment of EBM -- Generalizing the Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Sustainable Coastal Margins: Challenges of Tempo and Mode for the Policy Domain -- Introduction -- Sustainability in Application -- Tempo and Mode -- Dynamic Systems and Coastal Margins -- On Building Strategic Frameworks -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Fishery and Forest Transitions to Sustainability: A Comparative Analysis. , Introduction -- Forest Transitions -- Fishery Transitions -- Fisheries Transitions: Fish Farming -- Fisheries Transitions: Leaving the Seas -- Fishery Transitions: Protected Areas and Regulatory Interventions -- Fishery Transitions: Incentives and Property Rights -- Large-Scale Fisheries Transitions: US Fisheries -- Fisheries Transition at Larger Scales: Environmental Leakage -- Fisheries Transition at Global Scales: Eco-certification -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Part IV: The Ecology of Cities -- References -- Cities as Dissipative Structures: Global Change and the Vulnerability of Urban Civilization -- H. sapiens : Unsustainable by Nature and Nurture -- The City as Biophysical Entity -- Cities: Quintessential "Dissipative Structures" -- Box 1 Dissipating the Ecosphere -- Cities as Ecosystems -- Box 2 The City as Human Feedlot -- The Human Ecological Footprint -- The Ecological Reach of Global Cities -- Global Change and the Vulnerability of Cities -- Can Urban Societies Adapt? (Do We Have a Choice?) -- Planning for Urban Resilience: The Eco-Regional City State -- Epilogue -- References -- A Mathematical Description of Urban Metabolism -- Introduction -- Materials -- Material Stock -- Material Dynamics -- Consumables -- Water -- Natural Water Balance -- Anthropogenic Water Use -- Urban Aquifers -- Energy -- Anthropogenic Energy Use -- Surface Urban Energy Balance -- Food and Nutrients -- Urban Contaminants and Wastes -- Conclusions -- References -- Urbanization, Local Government, and Planning for Sustainability -- Introduction -- Sustainability and Cities -- Approaches to Sustainability Planning for Cities -- Can Cities Be Made Sustainable? -- Sustainable Cities in the United States and Britain -- Sustainability Planning for Cities in Emerging Economies -- Sustainability Planning: Manila, Philippines Case Study -- Conclusions. , References -- Internet Sources -- Climate Change, Globalization, and the Double Exposure Challenge to Sustainability: Rolling the Dice in Coastal New Jersey -- Introduction -- Climate Change, Globalization, and Urbanized Coastal Zones -- Globalization and Coastal Zones -- Climate Change and Coastal Areas -- The Double Exposure Framework -- Double Exposure and Coastal New Jersey -- Double Exposure Challenges -- Outcome Double Exposure -- Context Double Exposure -- Feedback Double Exposure -- Conclusions -- References -- Sustainability Trajectories for Urban Waters -- Introduction -- Sustainability Trajectories -- Nitrogen in Coastal Regions -- New York Bight -- Upper Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island -- Chesapeake Bay Watershed -- Conclusions -- References -- Part V: Restoring and Rehabilitating Ecosystems: Return from the Precipice -- Reference -- Reversing Two Centuries of Wetland Degradation: Can Science Better Inform Policy and Practice? -- Introduction -- Linking Structure to Function: The Salt Marsh Paradigm and Secondary Production -- Marsh Physiography -- "Donor Control" and Restoration Planning -- Essential Fish Habitat, Restoration Design, and Higher Order Metrics of Restoration Success -- Case History I (EFH Tier III): Biochemical Condition of a Marsh Resident Fin sh, Fundulus heteroclitus -- The Use of Biochemical Condition as a Metric of Restoration Success -- Findings and Conclusions -- Case History II (EFH Tier III): Use of Bioenergetics Models to Estimate the Nursery Value of Estuarine Habitats, Young-of-Year Weak sh ( C. regalis) -- Findings -- Summary and Conclusions -- Case History III (EFH Tier IV): Estimating the Response of the Delaware Bay Ecosystem to Tidal Marsh Restoration -- Assessing Restoration Using Ecopath with Ecosim -- Parameter Inputs -- Measuring Habitat Restoration -- Findings -- Summary and Conclusions. , Synthesis.