Es wird ein Überblick über 30 Jahre Erfahrung mit Natur- und Umweltschutzrichtlinien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Wattenmeers gegeben und der Frage nachgegangen, in welchem Ausmaß und auf welche Weise das Instrument des integrierten Küstenzonenmanagements (IKZM) zur Integration der...

'Roy and Jan have assembled a timely snapshot of our current understanding of ecotourism, both as a concept worthy of scientific inquiry and as an increasingly significant segment of global commerce and industry. A terrific piece of work!' (Sam Ham, University of Idaho, US). -- 'In the 30 or so...

The monograph takes off from a definition of environmental problems not only in terms of the degradation of specific resources but also of their habitats. Guided by a framework developed to offset some of the limitations inherent in the neo-classical economic definition of the nature, causes,...

section 1. Introduction -- section 2. Water resources management -- section 3. Mineral resources management (U. Aswathanarayana, India) -- section 4. Energy resources management (U. Aswathanarayana, India) -- section 5. Bio resources and biodiversity (S. Balaji, India) -- section 6. Disaster...

The Cuban Archipelago: biological diversity, ecosystems and landscapes / José Manuel Guzmán Menéndez -- The System of National Reserves in Cuba. Conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services / Carlos Gallardo Toirac, Augusto de Jesús Martínez Zorrilla, José Augusto Valdés Pérez and...

chapter 1 Approaching the Problem of Ecological Valuation -- chapter 2 Sociocultural Valuation of Ecological Resources -- chapter 3 Integrating Economics and Ecological Assessment -- chapter 4 Valuation Methods -- chapter 5 Complexity in Ecological Systems -- chapter 6 Organizing and Integrating...