Water Ecosystem Services: A Global Perspective (International Hydrology) - Hardcover

Edited By Julia Martin-Ortega , Robert C. Ferrier , Iain J. Gordon , Shahbaz Khan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107100372 ISBN 13: 9781107100374

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

This book uses ecosystem services-based approaches to address major global and regional water challenges, for researchers, students, and policy makers.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Julia Martin-Ortega is Senior Environmental Economist at The James Hutton Institute, Scotland. She has an interdisciplinary background in environmental sciences and economics, with an emphasis on environmental valuation and an increased interest in participatory approaches. Her research, focusing on the understanding of the relationships between people and water ecosystem services, has informed policy-making in relation to issues such as the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive and the development of the Water Resources (Scotland) Act.

Robert C. Ferrier is the Director of Research Impact at the James Hutton Institute, Scotland. His extensive research interests centre on the role of policy and land use change on water resources and the development of systems-based approaches for sustainable management. He has thirty years' experience in water resources management, particularly the hydrological, hydrochemical and ecological consequences of environmental change, in both freshwater and coastal systems. He is also Director of the Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) and is involved in delivering the Scottish Government's Hydro Nation agenda, both domestically and internationally.

Iain J. Gordon is the Chief Executive and Director of the James Hutton Institute, Scotland. He has played an active role in promoting the value of biodiversity and its importance in the provision of ecosystem services and human wellbeing, and has managed projects in Africa, Asia, South America and Australia, including major research portfolios on land management to improve the water quality of the catchments flowing into the lagoon of the Great Barrier Reef.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1107100372
• ISBN 13: 9781107100374
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 175
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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