The aim of this book is to encourage integration of the natural and social sciences with the policy and design-making community, and thereby develop a deeper understanding of complex environmental problems. Its fundamental themes are:

- integrated modeling and assessment
- complex, adaptive, hierarchical systems
- ecosystem services
- science and decision-making
- ecosystem health and human health
- quality of life and the distribution of wealth and resources.

This book will act as a state of the art assessment of integrated environmental science and its...