Peter C. Schulze, '80
Engineering within Ecological Constraints (ISBN 0-309-05198-3, National Academy Press, 1996) and Measures of Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Condition (ISBN 0-309-05441-9, National Academy Press, 1999).
Peter Schulze is associate professor of biology and director of the Center for Environmental Studies at Austin College.
From case studies on topics such as water management in southern Florida and California and oil exploration in rain forests to conceptual discussions between engineers and ecological scientists, the first book looks at the concepts of scale, resilience, and chaos as they apply to the points where the ecological life support system of nature interacts with the technological life support system created by humankind.
The second book explores the most productive relationship between measures of environmental performance and measures of ecosystem conditions. Its key question: "Can catastrophes-in-the-making be detected early enough to be prevented?"
These books are available to be read online at www.nap.edu/catalog/4919.html and www.nap.edu/catalog/5147.html.
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