Ecosystems and human well-being
Subtitle: current state and trends : findings of the Condition and Trends Working Group
By: edited by Rashid Hassan, Robert Scholes, Neville Ash.
Contributors: Hassan, Rashid M.; Scholes, Robert.; Ash, Neville.; Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Program). Condition and Trends Working Group.
Series: The millennium ecosystem assessment series ;; v. 1
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Subjects: Human ecology; Ecosystem management; Biotic communities; Biological diversity; Ecological assessment (Biology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The millennium ecosystem assessment conceptual framework; title: Analytical approaches for assessing ecosystem conditions and human well-being; title: Drivers of change; title: Biodiversity; title: Ecosystem conditions and human well-being; title: Vulnerable peoples and places; title: Fresh water; title: Food; title: Timber, fuel, and fiber; title: New products and industries from biodiversity; title: Biological regulation of ecosystem services; title: Nutrient cycling; title: Climate and air quality; title: Human health : ecosystem regulation and infectious diseases; title: Waste processing and detoxification; title: Regulation of natural hazards: floods and fires; title: Cultural and amenity services; title: Marine fisheries systems; title: Coastal systems; title: Inland water systems; title: Forest and woodland systems; title: Dryland systems; title: Island systems; title: Mountain systems; title: Polar systems; title: Cultivated systems; title: Urban systems; title: Synthesis.