Pandas and people : coupling human and natural systems for sustainability / edited by Jianguo Liu, Vanessa Hull, Wu Yang, Andrés Viña, Xiaodong Chen, Zhiyun Ouyand, and Hemin Zhang.

"Provides an overview of the latest research and future research directions on coupled human and natural systems (CHANS), outlining key concepts, important themes, innovative methods, and emerging trends. The first book to synthesize the findings and approaches of long-term integrated research in a model coupled human and natural system, and to illustrate their applications to regional, national, and global scales. Features a classic long-term interdisciplinary research project and model coupled human and natural system at the Wolong Nature Reserve of China, which contains one of the largest wild populations of the world-famous endangered giant pandas. Integrates natural and social sciences for achieving environmental sustainability and improving human well-being."--Edited from back cover information.