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ECOLOGICAL MODELS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 1
Author(s) -
Puccini Donald S. P.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1971.tb05052.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , environmental resource management , ecological systems theory , water resources , environmental planning , conceptual model , environmental systems , environmental studies , conceptual framework , land use , management science , ecology , environmental science , computer science , business , sustainability , engineering , philosophy , epistemology , database , biology
ABSTRACT The recent world‐wide trend towards centralization of all environmental management functions into one regulatory agency has illustrated the necessity for resources management agencies to adopt a total systems viewpoint. Environmental systems are typically complex and multi‐dimensional in nature. Mathematical models for the management of air, water and land resources have found wide acceptance among planners and decision‐makers. Ecological models of life processes have not reached the same state of development or acceptance. A general review of ecological systems theory and examples of the types of ecological models that have been developed to date arc presented in this paper. With this material as a background and given the vast literature on engineering and economic models, a conceptual framework for an approach to environmental studies and the analysis of polluted environmental systems is presented.