Ecological integrity assessment, ecosystem-based approach, and integrative methodologies: Are these concepts equivalent?

Ecological integrity assessment, ecosystem-based approach, and integrative methodologies: Are these concepts equivalent?

Recently, Borja et al. (2008b) published an overview of integrationing and status of the ecosystem, and have been widely pertive tools and methods for assessing ecological integrity in estuarine and coastal systems worldwide. This contribution collates the presentations and ideas debated among the attendees of the special session on ‘Integrative tools and methods in assessing ecological integri...

Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ecological Integrity: Insights from an Ecosystem Approach

Assessment and Management of Ecological Integrity

Missing and declining affordances: are these appropriate concepts?

The concept of affordance has been brought to HCI by Don Norman, who has recently protested against its misuse by designers. They say they will put affordances in the interface, or afford this or that to the users, but Norman points out that affordances only exist inasmuch as they are perceived by users. Therefore, it doesn’t make sense to use the term as designers do. This paper takes the desi...

Innovation and knowledge creation: How are these concepts related?

Innovation and knowledge creation—these two concepts have a strong relationship but this relationship has not been examined systematically. This paper reviews the important theoretical work in both streams of research, highlighting the fundamental similarities and differences. Four major models of innovation are compared, and the distinction between radical and incremental innovation is examine...