Informing ecological engineering through ecological network analysis, ecological modelling, and concepts of systems and engineering ecology

dc.contributor.author	Gattie, DK	en
dc.contributor.author	Kellam, NN	en
dc.contributor.author	Turk, HJ	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:47:24Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:47:24Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	03043800	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.04.027	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/3578
dc.subject	Ascendency	en
dc.subject	Ecological	en
dc.subject	Emergy	en
dc.subject	Environs	en
dc.subject	Exergy	en
dc.subject	Network	en
dc.subject	Systems	en
dc.subject.other	Exergy	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical models	en
dc.subject.other	Natural sciences	en
dc.subject.other	Product development	en
dc.subject.other	Ecological engineering	en
dc.subject.other	Ecological modeling	en
dc.subject.other	Ecosystem design	en
dc.subject.other	Ecology	en
dc.subject.other	ecological engineering	en
dc.subject.other	ecological modeling	en
dc.subject.other	emergy	en
dc.subject.other	esthetics	en
dc.subject.other	exergy	en
dc.subject.other	network analysis	en
dc.title	Informing ecological engineering through ecological network analysis, ecological modelling, and concepts of systems and engineering ecology	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.04.027	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	A shift in the basic philosophy of nature developed by Francis Bacon, Renè Descartes, and Isaac Newton, has been suggested but for the most part rejected within mainstream science. It suggests the need for viewing nature as a deeply organic and connected system of relationships that is not necessarily or readily submissive to reductive thinking and analysis. Ecosystem design within the construct of a field called ecological engineering poses fundamental questions with respect to the philosophy of nature upon which our current scientific paradigm is predominantly based. In an effort to foster development of rigorous, quantitative methods for developing insight into complex ecosystem phenomena we propose systems and engineering ecology-an integrated science comprised of principles from environ theory, ascendency theory, exergy theory, emergy theory, ecological network analysis and ecological modelling, synthesized through the formal agency of systems science. We contend that ecological engineering will be limited in its robustness apart from development of rigorous systems-based sciences that are quantitative and incorporate the complex, emergent properties of ecosystem. We justify our proposed framework on the philosophical paradox of transferring aspects of traditional engineering design into ecological engineering and on the four causes of Aristotle. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.journalName	Ecological Modelling	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.volume	208	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.04.027	en
dc.identifier.spage	25	en
dc.identifier.epage	40	en