Maximizing Ecosystem-Human Well-being Linkages for Sustainable Development
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Date
2007
Authors
Waswa, F.
Mapinduzi, Arnold
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School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences, Kenyatta University
Abstract
It is widely acknowledged that ecosystems in their various types and characteristics
are life's support systems because of the goods and services (tangible and
intangible benefits) humans and other life forms derive from them. As such there
is a strong relationship between ecosystems, their services and human well-being,
as well articulated lately in the millennium ecosystem assessment (MA)framework
(Alcamo et aI, 2003). Further, all human activities (economic, socio-cultural and
political) tend to be survival driven and occur in the context of certain types of
relationships between people and the biophysical environment.
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Book Chapter