Engineering and Ecosystems Seeking Synergies Toward a Nature-Positive World /

This book demonstrates how the inclusion of nature in engineering decisions results in innovative solutions that are economically feasible, ecologically viable, and socially desirable. It advances progress toward nature-positive decisions by protection and restoration of ecosystems and respect for e...

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Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Outros Autores: Bakshi, Bhavik R. (Editor)
Formato: Recurso Eletrônico livro eletrônico
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edição:1st ed. 2023.
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Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35692-6
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Sumário:
  • Part I. Introduction and Motivation
  • Why should Engineering Account for Ecosystems?
  • Ecosystem Goods and Services
  • Part II. Engineering’s Demand for Ecosystem Services
  • Quantifying the Direct and Indirect Demand for Ecosystem Services
  • Water Provisioning
  • Biogeochemical Cycles: Modeling Interaction of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles with Industrial Systems
  • The Significance of Insect Pollinators: Opportunities and Challenges
  • Biodiversity
  • Part III. Nature’s Capacity to Supply Ecosystem Services
  • Tools for Quantifying the Supply of Ecosystem Services
  • Designing with Nature: Incorporating Hydrological services in Engineering Projects
  • Improved Air Quality and Other Services from Urban Trees and Forests
  • Services from Agroecosystems and their Quantification
  • Part IV. Including Nature in Engineering
  • Challenges in Developing Synergies between Technological and Ecological Systems
  • Making the Business Case for Nature-Based Solutions
  • Greenprinting: Urban Planning for Ecosystem Services
  • Wetlaculture: Solving Harmful Algal Blooms with a Sustainable Wetland/Agricultural Landscape
  • Design of Agroecological Landscapes
  • Integrated Design of Processes and Supply Chains with Wetlands
  • Demand and Supply of Air Quality Regulation Ecosystem Service
  • Designing Synergies between Homeorhetic Ecosystems and Homeostatic Manufacturing Systems
  • Ecosystem Services in the Life Cycle of Biofuels
  • Designing for Resilience and Sustainability: An Integrated Systems Approach
  • Part V Socio-Economic Aspects of Accounting for Nature
  • Environmental Markets
  • Preventing Unintended Harm from Socio-Ecological Interactions
  • Part VI Directions for the Future
  • Outlook.