Bridging Scales and Knowledge Systems: Concepts and Applications in Ecosystem Assessment by World Resources Institute, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Hardcover, 2006)
This book brings together a group of world-class scientists in an unprecedented effort to build a formal framework for linking local and indigenous knowledge with the global scientific enterprise. Contributors explore the challenges, costs, and benefits of bridging scales and knowledge systems in assessment processes and in resource management. Case studies look at a variety of efforts to bridge scales, providing important lessons concerning what has worked, what has not, and the costs and benefits associated with those efforts. Drawing on the groundbreaking work of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Bridging Scales and Knowledge Systems will be indispensable for future efforts to conduct ecosystem assessments around the world.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Island Press
ISBN-13
9781597260374
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95330525
Product Key Features
Author
World Resources Institute, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Publication Name
Bridging Scales and Knowledge Systems: concepts and Applications in Ecosystem Assessment
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Engineering & Technology
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
153mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
World Resources Institute, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Doris Capistrano, Fikret Berkes, Thomas Wilbanks, Walter Reid
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