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Sustainability science for watershed landscapes / James A. Roumasset, Kimberly M. Burnett, Arsenio M. Balisacan, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ; Laguna, Philippines : Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture, 2010.Description: xxii, 346p. : ill., maps ; 24cmISBN:
  • 9789814279963 (soft cover)
  • 981427996X (soft cover)
  • 9789814279604 (hard cover)
  • 9814279609 (hard cover)
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Theme 1: Sustainability Science for Resource Management and Policy. Economic policy for sustainable development vs. greedy growth and preservationism / Majah-Leah V. Ravago, James A. Roumasset, Arsenio M. Balisacan -- Integrated watershed management: trees, aquifers, reefs, and mud / Sittidaj Pongkijvorasin, James A. Roumasset -- Transdisciplinary research in watershed conservation: experiences, lessons, and future directions / Chieko Umetsu, Makoto Taniguchi, Tsugihiro Watanabe, Shigeo Yachi -- Payments for ecological services: experiences in carbon and water payments in the Philippines / Rodel D. Lasco, Grace B. Villamor -- Theme 2: Monitoring and Modelling. Cyberinfrastructure for sustainability in coupled human-environment systems / Michael H. Kido, Kenneth Y. Kaneshiro, Kevin N. Montgomery -- Watershed management for sustainability in tropical watersheds: an integrated hydrologic modelling approach / Ali Fares -- Watershed assessment, restoration, and protection in Hawaii / Aly I. El-Kadi, Monica Mira -- Theme 3: Participatory Approaches. Landscape-scale conservation: fostering partnerships through ecosystem service approaches / Rebecca L. Goldman, Gretchen C. Daily -- A participatory approach to community resource management: building upon local knowledge and concerns / James B. Friday, Harold J. McArthur Jr. -- Theme 4: Case Studies. Changing land use in the golden triangle: where the rubber meets the road / Maite Guardiola-Claramonte, Jefferson M. Fox, Thomas W. Giambelluca, Peter A. Troch -- Effects of feral pigs (sus scrofa) on watershed health in Hawaii: a literature review and preliminary results on runoff and erosion / Gregory L. Bruland, Chad A. Browning, Carl I. Evensen -- Sustainable water quality management for Pacific island watersheds: illustrations from American Samoa, Hawaii, and Micronesia / Carl I. Evensen -- The transboundary management of groundwater resources in Kumamoto, Japan / Hun Shimada -- Synthesis. Sustainability science: overview and directions for further research / Kimberly M. Burnett, James A. Roumasset.
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Proceedings from the International Conference on Sustainability Science for Watershed Landscapes held in Honolulu, Hawaii in November 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theme 1: Sustainability Science for Resource Management and Policy. Economic policy for sustainable development vs. greedy growth and preservationism / Majah-Leah V. Ravago, James A. Roumasset, Arsenio M. Balisacan -- Integrated watershed management: trees, aquifers, reefs, and mud / Sittidaj Pongkijvorasin, James A. Roumasset -- Transdisciplinary research in watershed conservation: experiences, lessons, and future directions / Chieko Umetsu, Makoto Taniguchi, Tsugihiro Watanabe, Shigeo Yachi -- Payments for ecological services: experiences in carbon and water payments in the Philippines / Rodel D. Lasco, Grace B. Villamor -- Theme 2: Monitoring and Modelling. Cyberinfrastructure for sustainability in coupled human-environment systems / Michael H. Kido, Kenneth Y. Kaneshiro, Kevin N. Montgomery -- Watershed management for sustainability in tropical watersheds: an integrated hydrologic modelling approach / Ali Fares -- Watershed assessment, restoration, and protection in Hawaii / Aly I. El-Kadi, Monica Mira -- Theme 3: Participatory Approaches. Landscape-scale conservation: fostering partnerships through ecosystem service approaches / Rebecca L. Goldman, Gretchen C. Daily -- A participatory approach to community resource management: building upon local knowledge and concerns / James B. Friday, Harold J. McArthur Jr. -- Theme 4: Case Studies. Changing land use in the golden triangle: where the rubber meets the road / Maite Guardiola-Claramonte, Jefferson M. Fox, Thomas W. Giambelluca, Peter A. Troch -- Effects of feral pigs (sus scrofa) on watershed health in Hawaii: a literature review and preliminary results on runoff and erosion / Gregory L. Bruland, Chad A. Browning, Carl I. Evensen -- Sustainable water quality management for Pacific island watersheds: illustrations from American Samoa, Hawaii, and Micronesia / Carl I. Evensen -- The transboundary management of groundwater resources in Kumamoto, Japan / Hun Shimada -- Synthesis. Sustainability science: overview and directions for further research / Kimberly M. Burnett, James A. Roumasset.

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