Keywords:
Giant panda-Conservation-China.
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Human-animal relationships.
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Nature-Effect of human beings on.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This brings together the latest research on coupled human and natural systems (CHANS), featuring a classic long-term interdisciplinary research project and model coupled human-nature system - the Wolong Nature Reserve of China, which contains one of the largest populations of the world-famous endangered giant pandas.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (299 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780191008580
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5746219
DDC:
599.789
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Contents -- Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms -- List of Contributors -- Currency Exchange Rates -- Plates -- Part I Empirical and Theoretical Foundations -- 1 A Global Icon for Nature in the Human-Dominated World -- Vanessa Hull and Jianguo Liu -- 2 Framing Sustainability of Coupled Human and Natural Systems -- Jianguo Liu, Vanessa Hull, Neil Carter, Andrés Viña, and Wu Yang -- Part II Model Coupled Human and Natural System -- 3 Peek into a Home for Pandas and People -- Vanessa Hull, Wu Yang, Wei Liu, Yingchun Tan, Jian Yang, Hemin Zhang, Zhiyun Ouyang, and Jianguo Liu -- 4 Pandas-People Coexistence and Competition -- Vanessa Hull, Jindong Zhang, Wei Liu, Jinyan Huang, Shiqiang Zhou, Scott Bearer, Weihua Xu, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Andrés Viña, Hemin Zhang, Zhiyun Ouyang, and Jianguo Liu -- 5 Quantifying Human Dependence on Ecosystem Services -- Wu Yang, Thomas Dietz, Wei Liu, and Jianguo Liu -- 6 Landscape Changes in Space and Time -- Andrés Viña and Jianguo Liu -- 7 Panda Habitat Transition -- Andrés Viña, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, and Jianguo Liu -- 8 Demographic Decisions and Cascading Consequences -- Li An, Wu Yang, Zai Liang, Ashton Shortridge, and Jianguo Liu -- 9 Dynamics of Economic Transformation -- Wu Yang, Frank Lupi, Thomas Dietz, and Jianguo Liu -- 10 Energy Transition from Fuelwood to Electricity -- Wei Liu, Andrés Viña, Wu Yang, Frank Lupi, Zhiyun Ouyang, Hemin Zhang, and Jianguo Liu -- 11 Social Capital and Social Norms Shape Human-Nature Interactions -- Xiaodong Chen, Wu Yang, Vanessa Hull, Li An, Thomas Dietz, Ken Frank, Frank Lupi, and Jianguo Liu -- 12 Vulnerability and Adaptation to Natural Disasters -- Wu Yang, Andrés Viña, Thomas Dietz, Vanessa Hull, Daniel Kramer, Zhiyun Ouyang, and Jianguo Liu -- 13 Human-Nature Interactions under Policy Interventions -- Xiaodong Chen, Vanessa Hull, Wu Yang, and Jianguo Liu.
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14 Toward a Sustainable Future -- Vanessa Hull, William McConnell, Marc Linderman, and Jianguo Liu -- Part III Across Local to Global Coupled Human and Natural Systems -- 15 Applying Methods from Local to Regional Scales -- Andrés Viña, Weihua Xu, Zhiyun Ouyang, and Jianguo Liu -- 16 Cross-Site Synthesis of Complexity in Coupled Human and Natural Systems -- Neil Carter, Li An, and Jianguo Liu -- 17 Human-Nature Interactions over Distances -- Jianguo Liu, Vanessa Hull, Junyan Luo, Wu Yang, Wei Liu, Andrés Viña, Christine Vogt, Zhenci Xu, Hongbo Yang, Jindong Zhang, Li An, Xiaodong Chen, Shuxin Li, Zhiyun Ouyang, Weihua Xu, and Hemin Zhang -- 18 Lessons from Local Studies for Global Sustainability -- Jianguo Liu, Vanessa Hull, Wu Yang, Andrés Viña, Li An, Neil Carter, Xiaodong Chen, Wei Liu, Zhiyun Ouyang, and Hemin Zhang -- Part IV Perspectives -- 19 Future Directions for Coupled Human and Natural Systems Research -- Jianguo Liu, Vanessa Hull, Zhiyun Ouyang, and Hemin Zhang -- Index.
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