PAPERS (in order of relevance):
Kay. J. 2000. "Ecosystems as Self-organizing Holarchic Open Systems : Narratives and the Second Law of Thermodynamics" in Sven Erik Jorgensen, Felix Muller (eds), Handbook of Ecosystems Theories and Management, CRC Press - Lewis Publishers. pp 135-160
Schneider, E.D, Kay, J.J., 1994, "Life as a Manifestation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics", Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol 19, No. 6-8, pp.25-48. Also available in pdf format
Kay, J.J., 1984 Self-Organization in Living systems, Ph.D. Thesis, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 458p. (Only chapter 2 is currently available)
RELATED TALKS:
"About the thermodynamics of ecosystems and surface temperature."
presented at the course on Ecosystem theory-application in environmental management of aquatic systems, at The Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2 June, 2000.
A short talk on thermodynamics of ecosystems March 2000
J. Foster, J. Kay, "About Teaching Systems Thinking"
Kay, J.J., Foster, J., 1999, "About Teaching Systems Thinking" in Savage, G., Roe, P. (eds), Proceedings of the HKK conference, 14-16 June, 1999, University of Waterloo, Onatrio, pp.165-172
Research into a General Systems Theory SIG (I)
3. B. L. Dempster, Relinquishing Boundaries: Developing a More Appropriate Conceptualization of Complex Systems
Living Systems Analysis SIG (II),
3.B. L. Dempster, Sympoietic and Autopoietic Systems: A New Distinction for Self-Organizing Systems
Systems Philosophy and Ethics SIG (I),
1. E. Tucs, Evolvability in Urban Neighborhoods.
The Ecosystem Approach SIG
sponsored by: Network for Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 
Network for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health (NESH) homepage
NESH President: David Waltner-Toews
(Click on the title to download an ACROBAT PDF version of the talk)
Panel I. General Introduction - Post-Normal Science & The Ecosystem Approach: Theory and Challenges,
Organisers,
D. Waltner-Toews, J. Kay and N. M. Lister
J. Kay, An Introduction to the Ecosystem Approach (625k) (See below for more reference material for this presentation)
G. Francis, The Challenge of Governance
A. Dale, The Challenge of Sustainable Development
D. Waltner-Toews, The Challenge of/to Health
N. M. Lister, The Challenge to Planning
G. R. Ramírez, The Challenge to Participation
Panel 2: Applications: Sustainable Development in Practice,
P. Robinson, Municipal Planning & Climate Change
L. Woo, An Ecosystem Approach to Urban Waterfront Planning
N. Luka, Ökostädtebau: An Ecosystem Approach to Urban Design
L. Baschak, An Ecosystem Approach to Eco-Regional Planning
M. Bunch, An Ecosystem Approach to Watershed Management in Madra
C. Sunde, Experiences from New Zealand
D. F. Charron, Livestock, Streams and Farm Economics in the Great Lakes Basin: Applying an Agroecosystem Framework
A talk on the ecosystem approach.
Presented at: the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional and Global Environmental and Human Health,
"Jozsef Fodor" National Public Health Centre, Budapest, June 26 - July 1, 1999.
and at:
the bi-annual conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics, Regina, Sask., August 28, 1999.
