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| Author: | Wiegand, J. (et al.) |
| Title: | Assessment of temporal trends in ecosystem health using an holistic indicator |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2010 : JUL, VOL. 91:7 p. 1446-1455 |
| Index terms: | interdisciplinary research sustainable development environment management social research |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This study assesses the potential benefits and challenges of applying an Ecosystem Approach to management using one particular method, the Holistic Ecosystem Health Indicator (hereafter as: HEHI). It integrates data from the ecological, social and interactive dimensions into a single composite index of ecosystem 'health'. HEHI is applied to the Ythan Estuary catchment in Aberdeenshire, based on a 50-year time series of data. Analysis of data reveals, among others, that ecological health has declined throught he 50-year period, although it increased marginally in the last decade. |
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