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Preface vii Chapter 1 The Paradox of Sustainable Development - Socio-Ecological System, Stability and Change 1 Christian Rammel Chapter 2 How Do Simple Energy Activities Comprise Complex Behavior of Life Systems?--A Conceptual Synthesis and Decomposition of the Energy Structure of Life Systems 31 Xi Huang Chapter 3 Environmental Management, Organisational Modes, and Sustainable Development 53 Philip Lawn Chapter 4 Complexity, Space and Cognition: A Puzzle for the New Science of Landscape 85 Almo Farina Chapter 5 Two Levels of Research in Ecology 101 Klaus G. Hering Chapter 6 Community Based Indicators for Sustainable Development : A Framework and an Application in an Ethiopian Community 115 Mohammad A. Jabbar, Abiye Astatke, Don Peden, Gugsa Abate and Tamrat Biri Chapter 7 Sustainability Evaluation; Applying Ecological Principles and Tools to Natural Resource Management Systems 139 L6pez-Ridaura S, van Ittersum MK, Masera O, Leffelaar PA, Astier Mand van Keulen H Chapter 8 Nature and Human Interactions in Nutrient Recycling: On Getting an Equilibrium through Material Balance and Principal-Agent Analyses 169 Ernst-August Nuppenau Index 213