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THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH APPLIED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COASTAL SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

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Assessment of the Fate and Effects of Toxic Agents on Water Resources

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The future long-term trend in science, education and management, emerged from the overall policy goal of building a knowledge-based society and sustainable development. To achieve this goal, a new, revolutionary, theoretical development is needed, which allows: (i) the identification and understanding of complex organization across space and time scales of the nature and society; and (ii) the ecosystem (holistic) approach and adaptive management of the environment, human societies and their co-development under the pressure of different driving forces. Among a wide range of drivers and pressures, special attention should be paid to potential social instability and unexpected human behavior (e.g., terrorist attack).

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    Angheluta Vadineanu

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  2. Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER), QC, Canada

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    Robert B. Ambrose Jr.

  5. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Offices, U.S.A.

    John P. Wolflin

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Vadineanu, A. (2007). THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH APPLIED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COASTAL SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS. In: Gonenc, I.E., Koutitonsky, V.G., Rashleigh, B., Ambrose, R.B., Wolflin, J.P. (eds) Assessment of the Fate and Effects of Toxic Agents on Water Resources. NATO Security through Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5528-7_9

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