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  • Title The Ecosystem Approach: Complexity, Uncertainty, and Managing for Sustainability
  • Author David Waltner-Toews; James Kay; Nina-Marie Lister
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 408
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia University Press
  • Date 2008-08-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780231132510 / 0231132514
  • Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.8 in (24.89 x 17.53 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Ecosystem management, Ecological integrity
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008014964
  • Dewey Decimal Code 333.72

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About the author

David Waltner-Toews is a professor of epidemiology in the Department of Population Medicine at the University of Guelph. With James Kay, Michelle Boyle, and David Cressman, he cofounded the Network for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health. He was also founding president of Veterinarians without Borders/Vtrinaires sans Frontires-Canada.

James J. Kay (1955-2004) was associate professor in environment and resource studies at the University of Waterloo, where he also held cross-appointments in systems design engineering and urban planning.

Nina-Marie E. Lister is a registered professional planner and associate professor in urban and regional planning at Ryerson University in Toronto.
David Waltner-Toews is a Professor in the Department of Population Medicine at the University of Guelph. He was trained both as a biologist and a veterinarian. He is the founder of the organization Veterinarians Without Borders.James J. Kay was Professor of Environment and Resource Studies at the University of Waterloo. He is internationally known for applying ideas from thermodynamics to ecological systems.Nina-Marie E. Lister is Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto.

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