Environmental Risk Assessment and Management from a Landscape Perspective

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An important guide to assessing and managing the environmentfrom a landscape perspective Ecological relationships are nested within the landscape.Identifying the relevant spatial and temporal scales is criticalfor an effective understanding of ecological functions that humansocieties depend upon. Moreover, human encroachment into naturalareas, or changes in climate, can alter spatial relationships,which in turn can negatively affect vital plant and wildlifepatterns--and weaken economic structures needed to sustainhuman societies. This book is the first to combine multipledisciplines into one cohesive strategy to study these crucialconnections, and looks toward building a social paradigm thatembraces the dynamics of ecological systems. This book: * Integrates landscape ecology, environmental risk assessment,valuation of ecological goods and services, and environmentalmanagement decision processes into one single source * Includes chapters on quantitative measures, Bayesianmodeling,¿economic analysis, and sustainable landscapes * Covers marine, forest, agricultural, and pharmaceutical riskassessment * Has a chapter on predicting climate change risk toecosystems * Has a companion ftp site with color graphics, animations, andrisk assessment tools With material that is accessible across all knowledge levels,Environmental Risk Assessment and Management from a LandscapePerspective moves beyond looking solely at chemicalcontaminants to diagnose environmental threats, and aims toaccomplish practical risk assessment in a manner that supportslong-term sustainable management.

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Lawrence A. Kapustka

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"Traditional risk assessment, as currently conducted, suffers frommany drawbacks well recognized by those who practice it andprecisely stated in this volume. Rather than simply point out theseflaws, the authors take further steps in combining topics whichtake risk assessment into the next century. It is axiomatic thatlandscape attributes are an important aspect of assessing risk andmaking decisions, and this work provides a useful mix oftheoretical/conceptual ideas within detailed analyses of new toolsavailable to accomplish the task. It provides the background,purpose, direction, illustrated with examples where the science ofrisk assessment is heading." --Mark S. Johnson, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.
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