The Ecosystems Revolution

177 Pages·2016·2.447 MB·English

by  Mark Everard (auth.)

THE ECOSYSTEMS
REVOLUTION
Mark Everard
The Ecosystems Revolution

Mark   Everard
The Ecosystems
Revolution
Mark   Everard
University of the West of England (UWE),
Bristol
United Kingdom
ISBN 978-3-319-31657-4 ISBN 978-3-319-31658-1 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31658-1
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A M E
LSO BY ARK VERARD
• Breathing Space: The Natural and Unnatural History of Air (2015)
• The Hydropolitics of Dams: Engineering or Ecosystems? (2013)
• Common Ground: The Sharing of Land and Landscapes for
Sustainability (2011)
• The Business of Biodiversity (2009)
• PVC: Reaching for Sustainability (2008)
• Water Meadows: Living Treasures in the English Landscape (2005)
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C
ONTENTS
1 Introduction 1
2 Of This Earth 5
3 Breakthroughs in the Ascent of Humanity 19
4 Chance or Choice? 35
5 Reanimating the Landscape 55
6 A Revolutionary Journey 9 5
7 Co-creating the Symbiocene 139
Index 1 55
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L F
IST OF IGURES
Fig. 4.1 Classical growth curves of organisms exploiting and
depleting resources 37
Fig. 4.2 Revolutions that are both directed and systemically
assessed contribute to sustainable development,
rather than merely reacting to immediate problems 45
Fig. 7.1 Conceptual framework for directing decisions
towards systemic, multi-s ervice outcomes 144
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