To better manage our environment, systematic information is needed on the state of
ecosystems and their interactions with society. Efforts have been undertaken to design …

We present a comprehensive resilience glossary, comprising a set of 93 definitions of
resilience-related terms used in the context of critical infrastructures. The definition and use …

Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples
include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination …

The 'ecosystem service'debate has taken on many features of a classic Kuhnian paradigm. It
challenges conventional wisdoms about conservation and the value of nature, and is driven …

Ecological economics and its policy recommendations have become overwhelmed by
economic valuation, shadow pricing, sustainability measures, and squeezing Nature into the …

The analyses presented in this book show how justice is an integral dimension of
environmental management. Environmental management almost always causes justice …

十八届三中全会提出要探索编制自然资源资产负债表, 对领导干部实行自然资源资产离任审计.
自然资源核算是编制自然资源资产负债表的首要工作, 为了促进生态文明建设 …

Cities are prototypical complex adaptive systems that are faced with a myriad of
disturbances, most of which are unforeseen and unpredictable. Urban design principles are …

In the current complex and changeable external environment, the sustainable development
of rural areas is the key to global economic and social transformation. Introducing the …

This chapter aims to apply the ecological concept of 'resilience'to the socio-economic
development of the rural region. It argues that two elements are crucial for and prerequisite …