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Ecosystem-Aware global supply chain management [electronic resource] / N. Viswanadham, S. Kameshwaran.

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by Viswanadham, N., 1943-
Call Number 658.7 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary Over the last two decades, several textbooks, research papers, and best practice cases have been published on supply chain management. However, globalization has created dispersed supply chains which are vulnerable and dependent on entities and factors that are exogenous to the supply chain. Resource scarcity, environmental regulations, government policies, political unrest, economic instability, and natural disasters are a few examples of how non-supply chain factors influence the way supply chains are managed. These exogenous factors are not just risk sources but can also be venues for innovation and growth. This book presents the notion of supply chain ecosystem to holistically model all the factors that interact with the supply chain and influence the flow of goods, information, and finance. Through a number of real-life case studies, the authors use the ecosystem framework to study the governance, risk, innovation, and performance issues in supply chain management, and also to redesign the management techniques for global supply chains. In doing so, this book makes a unique contribution to the theory and practice of supply chain networks.
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Sustainable water and environmental management in the California bay-delta [electronic resource] / Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta ; Water Science and Technology Board ; Ocean Studies Board ; Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council of the National Academies.

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by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta.
Call Number 333.917 23
Publication Date 2012
Summary "Extensively modified over the last century and a half, California's San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary remains biologically diverse and functions as a central element in California's water supply system. Uncertainties about the future, actions taken under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and companion California statues, and lawsuits have led to conflict concerning the timing and amount of water that can be diverted from the Delta for agriculture, municipal, and industrial purposes and concerning how much water is needed to protect the Delta ecosystem and its component species. Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta focuses on scientific questions, assumptions, and conclusions underlying water-management alternatives and reviews the initial public draft of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan in terms of adequacy of its use of science and adaptive management. In addition, this report identifies the factors that may be contributing to the decline of federally listed species, recommend future water-supple [sic] and delivery options that reflect proper consideration of climate change and compatibility with objectives of maintaining a sustainable Bay-Delta ecosystem, advises what degree of restoration of the Delta system is likely to be attainable, and provides metrics that can be used by resource managers to measure progress toward restoration goals"--Publisher's web site.
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Sustainable water and environmental management in the California bay-delta [electronic resource] / Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta ; Water Science and Technology Board ; Ocean Studies Board ; Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council of the National Academies.

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Ecosystems and human well-being [electronic resource] : a manual for assessment practitioners / Neville Ash [and others].

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by Ash, Neville.
Call Number 333.714 22
Publication Date 2010
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Resolving ecosystem complexity [electronic resource] / Oswald J. Schmitz.

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by Schmitz, Oswald J.
Call Number 577.82 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary An ecosystem's complexity develops from the vast numbers of species interacting in ecological communities. The nature of these interactions, in turn, depends on environmental context. How do these components together influence an ecosystem's behavior as a whole? Can ecologists resolve an ecosystem's complexity in order to predict its response to disturbances? Resolving Ecosystem Complexity develops a framework for anticipating the ways environmental context determines the functioning of ecosystems. Oswald Schmitz addresses the critical questions of contemporary ecology: How should an ecosystem be conceptualized to blend its biotic and biophysical components? How should evolutionary ecological principles be used to derive an operational understanding of complex, adaptive ecosystems? How should the relationship between the functional biotic diversity of ecosystems and their properties be understood? Schmitz begins with the universal concept that ecosystems are comprised of species that consume resources and which are then resources for other consumers. From this, he deduces a fundamental rule or evolutionary ecological mechanism for explaining context dependency: individuals within a species trade off foraging gains against the risk of being consumed by predators. Through empirical examples, Schmitz illustrates how species use evolutionary ecological strategies to negotiate a predator-eat-predator world, and he suggests that the implications of species trade-offs are critical to making ecology a predictive science. Bridging the traditional divides between individuals, populations, and communities in ecology, Resolving Ecosystem Complexity builds a systematic foundation for thinking about natural systems.
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New models for ecosystem dynamics and restoration [electronic resource] / edited by Richard J. Hobbs and Katharine N. Suding.

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by Hobbs, R. J. (Richard J.)
Call Number 333.73153 22
Publication Date 2009
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Catchment2Coast [electronic resource] : a systems approach to coupled river-coastal ecosystem science and management / P.M.S. Monteiro and M. Marchand, editors.

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by Monteiro, P. M. S.
Call Number 577 22
Publication Date 2009
Summary Catchment2Coast was an interdisciplinary research and modeling project that aimed to improve understanding of the linkages between coastal ecosystems and adjacent river catchments. It used a variety of tools and methods, ranging from continuous hydrodynamic monitoring and biochemistry flux measurements to remote sensing techniques.
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The law and policy of ecosystem services [electronic resource] / J.B. Ruhl, Steven E. Kraft, Christopher L. Lant.

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by Ruhl, J. B.
Call Number 333.7 22
Publication Date 2007
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Sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services in soils and sediments [electronic resource] / edited by Diana H. Wall ; [foreword by Harold A. Mooney].

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by Wall, Diana H.
Call Number 577.57 22
Publication Date 2004
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Primary succession and ecosystem rehabilitation / Lawrence R. Walker and Roger del Moral.

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by Walker, Lawrence R.
Call Number 577.18 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary The first comprehensive summary of ecological development following dramatic natural and human-induced disturbances. Ecological theory and practical management issues are linked, resulting in an important reference for researchers and professionals, and a valuable graduate text.
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Applied ecology and natural resource management [electronic resource] / Guy R. McPherson and Stephen DeStefano.

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by McPherson, Guy R. (Guy Randall), 1960-
Call Number 333.95 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary "The book is aimed at natural resource managers, as well as graduate and advanced undergraduate students, who are familiar with fundamental ecological principles and who want to use ecological knowledge as a basis for the management of ecosystems."--Jacket.
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