Keywords:
Sustainable development.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (200 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781134415540
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1520962
DDC:
333.7
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE RATCHET EFFECT -- The Mechanical Round -- The Chemical Round -- The Genetic Round -- The Tightening Ratchet -- 2 THE PROBLEM OF SCALE -- Interaction with Technology -- Meat and Dairy Production -- Scale and Forestry -- Irrigation and Scale -- Scale and Loss of Species Diversity -- 3 AN ALTERNATIVE PHILOSOPHY -- Working with Nature -- Economic Feasibility -- Conclusion -- 4 THE BOTTOMS-UP APPROACH -- 5 PLANT-PLANT INTERACTIONS -- Negative Interactions -- Positive Interactions -- Intercropping in Agriculture -- Mixed Species Forest Plantations -- Management for Facilitation and Complementarity -- 6 INTERACTIONS IN THE SOIL -- Functions of Soil Organisms -- Changes in the Soil System Following Cultivation -- How We Compensate for the Loss of Nature's Services -- Conclusion -- 7 PEST AND DISEASE INTERACTIONS -- Pests -- Disease -- Integrated Pest Management -- Economic Analysis -- Environmental Disturbance, and Pests and Disease -- Conclusion -- 8 INTERACTIONS DURING SUCCESSION -- Factors Influencing Succession -- Trends During Succession -- Fighting Succession -- Working with Succession -- Conclusion -- 9 THE TOP-DOWN APPROACH -- An Alternative Approach -- Energy and Power Output -- Guiding Principle for Resource Management -- 10 CASE STUDIES OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- Transition from Sustainability to Unsustainability -- Transition from Unsustainability to Sustainability -- Factors Causing Transitions -- 11 CONCLUSION -- Literature Cited -- Subject Index -- Author Index.
