" Marco Janssen's book Modelling Global Change is a quiet revolution in method. It is quiet because the claims are modest. The methods and examples are deeply informed by empirical theories of organismal, evolutionary and cultural change. It is revolutionary because it shatters and offers alternatives to the doctrinaire encrustation of simplistic methods that have dominated and distorted resource, environmental and economic analyses for three decades. It is a book that should be read by anyone concerned with developing fresh theories, policies and practises that recognize the actual way that peoples, economies and nature interact."

- Professor C.S. Holling, University of Florida, USA

   
Contents:
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Global Change
3. Integrated Assessment Modelling
4. Methodological Issues
5. Optimizing the Climate Change Problem
6. Global Energy Strategies
7. The Initial Allocation of Emission Rights
8. The Battle of Perspectives
9. Managing Malaria
10. Conclusions and Discussion
References
Index

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