Topic
Ecosphere
About: Ecosphere is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 199 publications have been published within this topic receiving 4928 citations.
Papers published on a yearly basis
Papers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe an approach to assess the ecological role of cities and to estimate the scale of the impact they are having on the ecosphere, showing that cities are causally linked to accelerating global ecological decline and are not by themselves sustainable.
1,045 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the challenges for life cycle assessment arising from the complexity of food systems, and recommend research priorities for both scientific development and improvements in practical implementation, including addressing issues related to: the distinction between technosphere and ecosphere; the most appropriate functional unit; the multi-functionality of biological systems; and the modelling of the emissions and how this links with life cycle impact assessment.
550 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a holistic landscape ecology approach to meet the challenges of the emerging information-rich society by becoming a holistic problem-solving oriented science by joining the transdisciplinary scientific revolution with a paradigm shift from conventional reductionistic and mechanistic approaches to holistic and organismic approaches.
311 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present 10 major premises serving as a holistic conception for research on multifunctional landscapes (MFLs) and propose a transdisciplinary and integrative approach towards the landscape as a whole, which can help bridge the gaps between all biological and human ecological aspects related to land use.
269 citations
Book•
1 Jan 2000
TL;DR: The Global Integrity Project as discussed by the authors brought together scientists and thinkers from around the world to examine the combined problems of threatened and unequal human wellbeing, degradation of the ecosphere and unsustainable economies.
Abstract: This study is based on the findings of the Global Integrity Project, and brings together scientists and thinkers from around the world to examine the combined problems of threatened and unequal human wellbeing, degradation of the ecosphere and unsustainable economies. The book: examines the history, philosophy, economics and ethics of the concept and practice of ecological integrity; explores how integrity can be measured; and offers recommendations for reversing ecological degradation while promoting social and economic justice and welfare. The contributors argue that there is an urgent need for rapid and fundamental change in the ecologically destructive patterns of collective human behaviour if society is to survive and thrive in coming decades.
209 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2021 | 10 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8 |