Ecology, Engineering, and Management: Reconciling Ecosystem Rehabilitation and Service Reliability

279 Pages·2002·15.409 MB·English

by  Michel J. G. van Eeten, Emery Roe

ECOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MANAGEMENT
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ECOLOGY, ENGINEERING,
AND MANAGEMENT
Reconciling Ecosystem Rehabilitation
and Service Reliability
Michel J. G. van Eeten
Emery Roe
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UNIVERSITY PRESS
2002
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Eeten, Michel van.
Ecology, engineering, and management : reconciling ecosystem
rehabilitation and service reliability / Michel van Eeten and Emery Roe.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
ISBN 0-19-513968-2
1. Ecosystem management. 2. Environmental policy. I. Roe, Emery. II. Title.
QH75 ,E34 2001
333.95—dc21 2001021711
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We dedicate this book to Brian, Louise, Annemarie, and Scott
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Contents
Acronyms ix
1 The Paradox of the Rising Demand for Both a Better
Environment and More Reliable Services 3
2 The Paradox Introduced: Concepts and Cases 13
3 Adaptive Management in a High Reliability Context:
Hard Problems, Partial Responses 51
4 Recasting the Paradox through a Framework of Ecosystem
Management Regimes 85
5 Ecosystems in Zones of Conflict: Partial Responses as an
Emerging Management Regime 129
6 Ecosystems in Zones of Conflict: The Case for Bandwidth
Management 169
7 The Paradox Resolved: A Different Case Study and the
Argument Summarized 217
vii
Appendix: Modeling in the CALFED Program 241
Notes 245
References 251
Index 263
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Acronyms
ACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
AEA Adaptive Environmental Assessment
ATLSS Across Trophic Level System Simulation
BLM U.S. Bureau of Land Management
BPA Bonneville Power Administration (Columbia River Basin)
BR U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
CDR coupling-decoupling-recoupling (dynamic]
CMARP Comprehensive Monitoring, Assessment and Research
Program (Bay-Delta)
CRBSUM Columbia River Basin Succession Model
DFG California Department of Fish and Game
DWR California Department of Water Resources
EAA Everglades Agricultural Area
ECO-OPS Ecosystems Operations Branch (proposed; Bay-Delta)
EDT evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment (Columbia River Basin)
EIR Environmental Impact Report
EIS Environmental Impact Statement (Columbia River Basin)
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERP Ecosystem Restoration Program (Bay-Delta)
ESA Endangered Species Act
EWA Environmental Water Account (Bay-Delta)
FS U.S. Forest Service
FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
CIS geographic information system
GPM General Planning Model (Everglades)
HRO high reliability organization
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