Abstract
This bibliography focuses on the links between social system well-being and ecosystem health. It is intended for public land managers and scientists and students of social and natural sciences. Multidisciplinary science that addresses the interconnections between the social system and the ecosystem is presented. Some of the themes and strategies presented are policy and management processes, ecosystem management, conceptual approaches, sociocultural processes, ethics, economic perspectives and analysis, methods and indicators for assessment, and environment-human interactions. This bibliography identifies the contributions toward understanding the links between ecosystems and social systems made by historically disparate disciplines.
Keywords
Ecosystem health,
social system well-being,
sustainability,
natural resources,
human ecology,
environment-human interactions,
links,
interconnections,
economics,
ecosystem management,
social values,
ethics,
indicators,
methods
Citation
Elmer, Dawn M.; Christensen, Harriet H.; Donoghue, Ellen M.; Compilers . 2002. Understanding the links between ecosystem health and social system well-being: an annotated bibliography. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-559. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 47 p
