Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using Green Infrastructure: A literature review

K Tzoulas, K Korpela, S Venn, V Yli-Pelkonen… - Landscape and urban …, 2007 - Elsevier
Europe is a highly urbanised continent. The consequent loss and degradation of urban and
peri-urban green space could adversely affect ecosystems as well as human health and well …

Assessing ecosystem health

DJ Rapport, R Costanza, AJ McMichael - Trends in ecology & evolution, 1998 - cell.com
Evaluating ecosystem health in relation to the ecological, economic and human health
spheres requires integrating human values with biophysical processes, an integration that …

生态系统健康及其评价指标和方法

肖风劲, 欧阳华 - 自然资源学报, 2002 - jnr.ac.cn
生态系统健康是一门研究人类活动, 社会经济组织, 自然系统和人类健康的跨学科综合性学科.
如果一个生态系统是稳定, 持续和活跃的, 能够维持其组织结构, 受到干扰后能够在一段时间内 …

[图书][B] An introduction to ecological economics

R Costanza, JH Cumberland, H Daly, R Goodland… - 1997 - taylorfrancis.com
Ecological economics is a way of rethinking the relationship between humans and the
environment and working out the implications of how we manage our lives and the planet …

Species sensitivity distributions revisited: a critical appraisal

VE Forbes, P Calow - Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
We revisit the assumptions associated with the derivation and application of species
sensitivity distributions (SSDs). Our questions are (1) Do SSDs clarify or obscure the setting …

Remotely-Sensed Ecosystem Health Assessment (RSEHA) model for assessing the changes of ecosystem health of Lake Urmia Basin

N Abbaszadeh Tehrani, HZ Mohd Shafri… - … Journal of Image and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The widespread, severe negative impacts of human activities on Earth's ecosystems over
the past few decades have highlighted the importance of continuous and up-to-date …

Weak sustainability and viable technologies

J Gowdy, S O'Hara - Ecological Economics, 1997 - Elsevier
The context of the concept of weak sustainability is examined using a three-tier hierarchy of
value. We argue that weak sustainability is relevant only in the context of market exchange …

Evolving models of human health toward an ecosystem context

JA VanLeeuwen, D Waltner‐Toews… - Ecosystem …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Current models or frameworks used to represent and/or conduct research on determinants
of human health have lagged behind in adopting emerging concepts of ecosystems: multiple …

Ecosystem health: More than a metaphor?

DJ Rapport - Environmental values, 1995 - ingentaconnect.com
There is considerable discussion about the nature of the health metaphor as applied to
ecosystems. One does not need to accept the analogy of ecosystem as' organism'to reap …

Extrapolation in Ecological Risk Assessment: Balancing Pragmatism and Precaution in Chemical Controls Legislation: Extrapolation is a practical necessity in …

VE Forbes, P Calow - BioScience, 2002 - academic.oup.com
In principle, ecological risk assessment should evaluate the likelihood of harm being caused
to ecosystems or their components through exposure to a specific concentration of a …