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The Future of Sustainability
Marco Keiner (eds.)
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Sustainable Development; Environmental Management; Political Science; Climate Change; Development Economics; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
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ISBN impreso
978-1-4020-4734-3
ISBN electrónico
978-1-4020-4908-8
Editor responsable
Springer Nature
País de edición
Reino Unido
Fecha de publicación
2006
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© Springer Netherlands 2006
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Reflections on Sustainability, Population Growth, and the Environment—2006
Albert A. Bartlett
The sensitivity analyses by means of validated ANN models can contribute to improved understanding of the ecology of streams and rivers. The interpretation of resulting sensitivity curves may reveal impacts of environmental conditions on the occurrence of macroinvertebrate taxa. Such additional knowledge can be useful for the bioindication of stream habitats by means of macroinvertebrate assemblages, and enhance our capacity to monitor and mitigate stream ecosystems. The shape of the sensitivity curves of taxa would indicate how important it is to manage disturbances within certain bounds in order to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems. Taxa with a threshold response to a disturbance appear to be eliminated at a stream site that proves to be beyond a certain disturbance level. Taxa with ramp responses would gradually become rarer as disturbance intensified. The identification of such threshold conditions would provide catchment and water resource managers with a powerful tool.
Overall it can be concluded that ANN provide a powerful tool for stream modelling allowing the user not only to achieve highly accurate predictions but discover information on general trends in the data. Therefore, this methodology can efficiently be applied to determine ecological requirements of stream organisms that are not fully understood.
- Sustainability—Quo Vadis? | Pp. 17-37
Sustainable Development—Definitions, Principles, Policies
Herman E. Daly
The sensitivity analyses by means of validated ANN models can contribute to improved understanding of the ecology of streams and rivers. The interpretation of resulting sensitivity curves may reveal impacts of environmental conditions on the occurrence of macroinvertebrate taxa. Such additional knowledge can be useful for the bioindication of stream habitats by means of macroinvertebrate assemblages, and enhance our capacity to monitor and mitigate stream ecosystems. The shape of the sensitivity curves of taxa would indicate how important it is to manage disturbances within certain bounds in order to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems. Taxa with a threshold response to a disturbance appear to be eliminated at a stream site that proves to be beyond a certain disturbance level. Taxa with ramp responses would gradually become rarer as disturbance intensified. The identification of such threshold conditions would provide catchment and water resource managers with a powerful tool.
Overall it can be concluded that ANN provide a powerful tool for stream modelling allowing the user not only to achieve highly accurate predictions but discover information on general trends in the data. Therefore, this methodology can efficiently be applied to determine ecological requirements of stream organisms that are not fully understood.
- Sustainability—Quo Vadis? | Pp. 39-53
Sustainability is Not Enough
Peter Marcuse
The sensitivity analyses by means of validated ANN models can contribute to improved understanding of the ecology of streams and rivers. The interpretation of resulting sensitivity curves may reveal impacts of environmental conditions on the occurrence of macroinvertebrate taxa. Such additional knowledge can be useful for the bioindication of stream habitats by means of macroinvertebrate assemblages, and enhance our capacity to monitor and mitigate stream ecosystems. The shape of the sensitivity curves of taxa would indicate how important it is to manage disturbances within certain bounds in order to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems. Taxa with a threshold response to a disturbance appear to be eliminated at a stream site that proves to be beyond a certain disturbance level. Taxa with ramp responses would gradually become rarer as disturbance intensified. The identification of such threshold conditions would provide catchment and water resource managers with a powerful tool.
Overall it can be concluded that ANN provide a powerful tool for stream modelling allowing the user not only to achieve highly accurate predictions but discover information on general trends in the data. Therefore, this methodology can efficiently be applied to determine ecological requirements of stream organisms that are not fully understood.
- Sustainability—Quo Vadis? | Pp. 55-68
Sustainable Development and Urbanization
Marios Camhis
The sensitivity analyses by means of validated ANN models can contribute to improved understanding of the ecology of streams and rivers. The interpretation of resulting sensitivity curves may reveal impacts of environmental conditions on the occurrence of macroinvertebrate taxa. Such additional knowledge can be useful for the bioindication of stream habitats by means of macroinvertebrate assemblages, and enhance our capacity to monitor and mitigate stream ecosystems. The shape of the sensitivity curves of taxa would indicate how important it is to manage disturbances within certain bounds in order to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems. Taxa with a threshold response to a disturbance appear to be eliminated at a stream site that proves to be beyond a certain disturbance level. Taxa with ramp responses would gradually become rarer as disturbance intensified. The identification of such threshold conditions would provide catchment and water resource managers with a powerful tool.
Overall it can be concluded that ANN provide a powerful tool for stream modelling allowing the user not only to achieve highly accurate predictions but discover information on general trends in the data. Therefore, this methodology can efficiently be applied to determine ecological requirements of stream organisms that are not fully understood.
- Challenges to Sustainable Development | Pp. 69-98
Sustainable Economies—Local or Global?
Helena Norberg-Hodge
The sensitivity analyses by means of validated ANN models can contribute to improved understanding of the ecology of streams and rivers. The interpretation of resulting sensitivity curves may reveal impacts of environmental conditions on the occurrence of macroinvertebrate taxa. Such additional knowledge can be useful for the bioindication of stream habitats by means of macroinvertebrate assemblages, and enhance our capacity to monitor and mitigate stream ecosystems. The shape of the sensitivity curves of taxa would indicate how important it is to manage disturbances within certain bounds in order to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems. Taxa with a threshold response to a disturbance appear to be eliminated at a stream site that proves to be beyond a certain disturbance level. Taxa with ramp responses would gradually become rarer as disturbance intensified. The identification of such threshold conditions would provide catchment and water resource managers with a powerful tool.
Overall it can be concluded that ANN provide a powerful tool for stream modelling allowing the user not only to achieve highly accurate predictions but discover information on general trends in the data. Therefore, this methodology can efficiently be applied to determine ecological requirements of stream organisms that are not fully understood.
- Challenges to Sustainable Development | Pp. 99-115
Business and Human Rights
Klaus M. Leisinger
The sensitivity analyses by means of validated ANN models can contribute to improved understanding of the ecology of streams and rivers. The interpretation of resulting sensitivity curves may reveal impacts of environmental conditions on the occurrence of macroinvertebrate taxa. Such additional knowledge can be useful for the bioindication of stream habitats by means of macroinvertebrate assemblages, and enhance our capacity to monitor and mitigate stream ecosystems. The shape of the sensitivity curves of taxa would indicate how important it is to manage disturbances within certain bounds in order to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems. Taxa with a threshold response to a disturbance appear to be eliminated at a stream site that proves to be beyond a certain disturbance level. Taxa with ramp responses would gradually become rarer as disturbance intensified. The identification of such threshold conditions would provide catchment and water resource managers with a powerful tool.
Overall it can be concluded that ANN provide a powerful tool for stream modelling allowing the user not only to achieve highly accurate predictions but discover information on general trends in the data. Therefore, this methodology can efficiently be applied to determine ecological requirements of stream organisms that are not fully understood.
- Challenges to Sustainable Development | Pp. 117-151
A New Glasnost for Global Sustainability
Mikhail Gorbachev
The sensitivity analyses by means of validated ANN models can contribute to improved understanding of the ecology of streams and rivers. The interpretation of resulting sensitivity curves may reveal impacts of environmental conditions on the occurrence of macroinvertebrate taxa. Such additional knowledge can be useful for the bioindication of stream habitats by means of macroinvertebrate assemblages, and enhance our capacity to monitor and mitigate stream ecosystems. The shape of the sensitivity curves of taxa would indicate how important it is to manage disturbances within certain bounds in order to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems. Taxa with a threshold response to a disturbance appear to be eliminated at a stream site that proves to be beyond a certain disturbance level. Taxa with ramp responses would gradually become rarer as disturbance intensified. The identification of such threshold conditions would provide catchment and water resource managers with a powerful tool.
Overall it can be concluded that ANN provide a powerful tool for stream modelling allowing the user not only to achieve highly accurate predictions but discover information on general trends in the data. Therefore, this methodology can efficiently be applied to determine ecological requirements of stream organisms that are not fully understood.
- New approaches | Pp. 153-160
Tools for the Transition to Sustainability
Dennis L. Meadows
The sensitivity analyses by means of validated ANN models can contribute to improved understanding of the ecology of streams and rivers. The interpretation of resulting sensitivity curves may reveal impacts of environmental conditions on the occurrence of macroinvertebrate taxa. Such additional knowledge can be useful for the bioindication of stream habitats by means of macroinvertebrate assemblages, and enhance our capacity to monitor and mitigate stream ecosystems. The shape of the sensitivity curves of taxa would indicate how important it is to manage disturbances within certain bounds in order to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems. Taxa with a threshold response to a disturbance appear to be eliminated at a stream site that proves to be beyond a certain disturbance level. Taxa with ramp responses would gradually become rarer as disturbance intensified. The identification of such threshold conditions would provide catchment and water resource managers with a powerful tool.
Overall it can be concluded that ANN provide a powerful tool for stream modelling allowing the user not only to achieve highly accurate predictions but discover information on general trends in the data. Therefore, this methodology can efficiently be applied to determine ecological requirements of stream organisms that are not fully understood.
- New approaches | Pp. 161-178
‘Factor Four’ and Sustainable Development in the Age of Globalization
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker
The sensitivity analyses by means of validated ANN models can contribute to improved understanding of the ecology of streams and rivers. The interpretation of resulting sensitivity curves may reveal impacts of environmental conditions on the occurrence of macroinvertebrate taxa. Such additional knowledge can be useful for the bioindication of stream habitats by means of macroinvertebrate assemblages, and enhance our capacity to monitor and mitigate stream ecosystems. The shape of the sensitivity curves of taxa would indicate how important it is to manage disturbances within certain bounds in order to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems. Taxa with a threshold response to a disturbance appear to be eliminated at a stream site that proves to be beyond a certain disturbance level. Taxa with ramp responses would gradually become rarer as disturbance intensified. The identification of such threshold conditions would provide catchment and water resource managers with a powerful tool.
Overall it can be concluded that ANN provide a powerful tool for stream modelling allowing the user not only to achieve highly accurate predictions but discover information on general trends in the data. Therefore, this methodology can efficiently be applied to determine ecological requirements of stream organisms that are not fully understood.
- New approaches | Pp. 179-192
Ecological Footprint Accounting—Comparing Earth's Biological Capacity with an Economy's Resource Demand
Mathis Wackernagel
The sensitivity analyses by means of validated ANN models can contribute to improved understanding of the ecology of streams and rivers. The interpretation of resulting sensitivity curves may reveal impacts of environmental conditions on the occurrence of macroinvertebrate taxa. Such additional knowledge can be useful for the bioindication of stream habitats by means of macroinvertebrate assemblages, and enhance our capacity to monitor and mitigate stream ecosystems. The shape of the sensitivity curves of taxa would indicate how important it is to manage disturbances within certain bounds in order to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems. Taxa with a threshold response to a disturbance appear to be eliminated at a stream site that proves to be beyond a certain disturbance level. Taxa with ramp responses would gradually become rarer as disturbance intensified. The identification of such threshold conditions would provide catchment and water resource managers with a powerful tool.
Overall it can be concluded that ANN provide a powerful tool for stream modelling allowing the user not only to achieve highly accurate predictions but discover information on general trends in the data. Therefore, this methodology can efficiently be applied to determine ecological requirements of stream organisms that are not fully understood.
- New approaches | Pp. 193-209