Using a Coupled Human and Natural Systems Approach to Better Understand Contemporary Environmental C

• 作 者: James Lassoie
• 机 构: DepartmentofNaturalResources,ComellUniversity,Ithaca,NY,USA
• 出 处: 环境保护与可持续发展国际研讨会(Proceedings of International Workshop in Con
• 发表日期: 2009年5期

　　Global climate change,non-point source pollution,watershed and habitat destruction,and unsustainable development are damaging the natural world,threatening the socio-cultural integrity of communities,and jeopardizing livelihood security of peoples worldwide.Despite the past 40 years of progress in addressing environmental damage in the United States and elsewhere,intractable problems have arisen that to date have eluded technological or policy responses.