{"product_id":"managing-human-and-social-systems-paperback","title":"Managing Human and Social Systems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian D. Fath\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSven Erik Jorgensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together a wealth of knowledge, \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Management Handbook, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, gives a comprehensive overview of environmental problems, their sources, their assessment, and their solutions. Through in-depth entries and a topical table of contents, readers will quickly find answers to questions about environmental problems and their corresponding management issues. This six-volume set is a reimagining of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Environmental Management\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2013, and features insights from more than 400 contributors, all experts in their field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe experience, evidence, methods, and models used in studying environmental management are presented here in six stand-alone volumes, arranged along the major environmental systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first handbook that demonstrates the key processes and provisions for enhancing environmental management\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses new and cutting-edge topics on ecosystem services, resilience, sustainability, food-energy-water nexus, socio-ecological systems, and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an excellent basic knowledge on environmental systems, explains how these systems function, and offers strategies on how to best manage them\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes the most important problems and solutions facing environmental management today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this sixth volume, \u003ci\u003eManaging Human and Social Systems\u003c\/i\u003e, the reader is introduced to the general concepts and processes of all the environmental tools and their application to human and social systems. It explains how these systems function and provides strategies on how to best manage them. It serves as an excellent resource for finding basic knowledge on the human and social systems and includes important problems and solutions that environmental managers face today. This book practically demonstrates the key processes, methods, and models used in studying environmental management.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian D. Fath\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Towson University (Maryland, USA) and a Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Laxenburg, Austria). He has published over 180 research papers, reports, and book chapters on environmental systems modeling, specifically in the areas of network analysis, urban metabolism, and sustainability. He has co-authored the books \u003ci\u003eA New Ecology: Systems Perspective \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), \u003ci\u003eFoundations for Sustainability: A Coherent Framework of Life-Environment Relations \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), and \u003ci\u003eFlourishing within Limits to Growth: Following Nature's Way \u003c\/i\u003e(2015). He is also Editor-in-Chief for the journal \u003ci\u003eEcological Modelling \u003c\/i\u003eand Co-Editor-in-Chief for \u003ci\u003eCurrent Research in Environmental Sustainability\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr. Fath was the 2016 recipient of the Prigogine Medal for outstanding work in systems ecology and twice a Fulbright Distinguished Chair (Parthenope University, Naples, Italy, in 2012 and Masaryk University, Czech Republic, in 2019). In addition, he has served as Secretary General of the International Society for Ecological Modelling, Co-Chair of the Ecosystem Dynamics Focus Research Group in the Community Surface Modeling Dynamics System, and member and past Chair of the Baltimore County Commission on Environmental Quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSven E. Jørgensen (1934-2016) was a Professor of Environmental Chemistry at Copenhagen University. He earned a doctorate of engineering in environmental technology and a doctorate of science in ecological modeling. He was an honorable doctor of science at Coimbra University (Portugal) and at Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). He was Editor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003eEcological Modelling \u003c\/i\u003efrom the journal's inception in 1975 until 2009. He was Editor-in-Chief for the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Environmental Management \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) and \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Ecology \u003c\/i\u003e(2008). In 2004, Dr. Jorgensen was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize and the Prigogine Medal. He was awarded the Einstein Professorship by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005. In 2007, he received the Pascal Medal and was elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences. He published over 350 papers and has edited or written over 70 books. Dr. Jorgensen gave popular and well-received lectures and courses in ecological modeling, ecosystem theory, and ecological engineering worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 520\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728467136575,"sku":"9780367513610","price":134.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/db2035e6f1fb342bdd8098662c2d1a9e.webp?v=1765118613","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/managing-human-and-social-systems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}