Stuff I have written
James J. Kay
New additions.
Presentations at conferences and workshops.
Various work of my students (includes theses, projects and publications)
Please feel free to make single copies for your own use, but bear in mind that all the materials are copyrighted by James Kay or the appropriate publisher.
Items added since March 2002. (See also "Work in Progress" for new material.)Kay, J. "A Review of the Fundamental Measures of Information Theory and their Application in Ecology." (216K PDF file)
Kay, J. "The relationship between information theory and thermodynamics: the second law of thermodynamics revisited" (85K PDF file)
Kay, J. "The relationship between information theory and thermodynamics: the mathematical basis" (90K PDF file)
Kay, J., Boyle, M., "A hierarchical conceptual model for discussing the relationships between natural ecosystems and societal systems" for Drake, J.A., C.R. Zimmermann, S. Gavrilets, and T. Fukami (eds), Complexity Emerging: a paradigm for ecological thought. Columbia University Press.
Manuscripts in draft form
David Manuel-Navarrete, Dan Dolderman , James J. Kay. "Ecological Integrity: Linking Biology With Cultural Tranformation" (last update July 2002)
David Manuel-Navarrete , Dan Dolderman , James J. Kay. "People and their involvement in the ecological integrity dialogue" (last update October 2002)
Waltner-Toews, David, Kay, James, Lister, Nina-Marie, (eds.) (2003?) "The Ecosystem Approach: Complexity, Uncertainty, and Managing for Sustainability, (book in preparation)
Publications
In press:
Waltner-Toews, D., Kay, J.J., Neudoerffer, C., Gitau, T. 2003. "Perspective Changes Everything: managing ecosystems from the inside out" Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Waltner-Toews D., Kay, J., Murray, T., 2003. "Adaptive Methodology for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health (AMESH): An Introduction". In Gerald Midgley & Alejandro E. Ochoa-Arias (Eds.) Community Operational Research: Systems Thinking For Community Development, Plenum Press.
Revised version posted March 2002
Fraser, R., Kay, J.J., 2002. "Exergy Analysis of Eco-Systems: Establishing a Role for the Thermal Remote Sensing" in D. Quattrochi and J. Luvall (eds) Thermal Remote sensing in Land Surface Processes, Taylor & Francis Publishers (UPDATED 1 August 2001)
Foster, J., Kay, J., Roe, P., 2001. "Teaching Complexity and Systems Thinking to Engineers", 4th UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education, Bangkok, Thailand, 7-10 February 2001, UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education, in press
Published:
2002:
W Murray, T., Kay, J., Waltner-Toews D., Raez-Luna, E.; 2002. "Linking Human and Ecosystem Health on the Amazon Frontier: An Adaptive Ecosystem Approach", Aguirre, A. A., R. S. Ostfeld, C. A. House, G. M. Tabor and M. C. Pearl (eds.), Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice Oxford University Press. (Chapter 23)
Waltner-Toews D., Kay, J., 2002. "An Ecosystem Approach to Health", LEISA, 18:1, March 2002.
Kay, J., 2002, "On Complexity Theory, Exergy and Industrial Ecology: Some Implications for Construction Ecology" in Kibert, C., Sendzimir, J. (eds), Guy, B., Construction Ecology: Nature as a Basis for Green Buildings, Spon Press, pp.72-107.
2001:
Boyle, M., Kay. J., and Pond, B., 2001. Monitoring in Support of Policy: an Adaptive Ecosystem Approach, in Munn, T., (editor in chief), Vol.4 Encylopedia of Global Environmental Change, London, John Wiley and Son. pp.116-137.
Regier, H.A., Kay, J.J., 2001. "Phase Shifts Or Flip-Flops In Complex Systems", in Munn, R., editor in chief. Vol. 5, Encyclopedia of global environmental change. London: Wiley; 2001; pp. 422-429.
Kay, J, 2001. "Ecosystems, Science and Sustainability", in in Ulgiati, S., Brown, M.T., Giampietro, M., Herendeen, R., Mayumi, K., (eds) Proceedings of the international workshop: Advances in Energy Studies: exploring supplies, constraints and strategies, Porto Venere, Italy, 23-27 May, 2000 pp. 319-328
Kay, J, Allen, T., Fraser, R., Luvall, J., Ulanowicz, R., 2001. "Can we use energy based indicators to characterize and measure the status of ecosystems, human, disturbed and natural?" in in Ulgiati, S., Brown, M.T., Giampietro, M., Herendeen, R., Mayumi, K., (eds) Proceedings of the international workshop: Advances in Energy Studies: exploring supplies, constraints and strategies, Porto Venere, Italy, 23-27 May, 2000 pp 121-133.
2000:
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
Waltner-Toews, D., Murray, T., Kay, J., Gitau, T., Raez-Luna, E., McDermot, J., 2000, "One Assumption, Two Observations, Some Guiding Questions and a Process for the Investigation and Practice of Agroecosystem Health", in Jabbar, M.A., Peden, D.G., Saleem, M., Li Pub, H. (eds), Agro-ecosystems, natural resources management and human health related research in East Africa: Proceedings of an IDRC-ILRI international workshop held at ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11-15 May, 1998. Published by International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi. pp.7-14
1999:
Lister, N., Kay, J.J., 1999, "Celebrating Diversity: Adaptive Planning and Biodiversity Conservation", in S. Bocking (ed), Biodiversity in Canada: An Introduction to Environmental Studies, Broadview Press. pp.189-218.
1996:
1995:
1994
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
Tobias, T., Kay, J.J., 1994, "The Bush Harvest in the Northern Village of Pinehouse" Arctic Vol 47, No. 3. pp.207-221.
1993:
Schneider, E.D, Kay, J.J., 1993, "Exergy Degradation, Thermodynamics, and the Development of Ecosystems" in Tsatsaronis G., Szargut, J., Kolenda, Z.,Ziebik, Z.,(eds) Energy, Systems, and Ecology, Volume 1,Proceedings of ENSEC' 93, July 5-9 Cracow, Poland., pp. 33-42.
1992:
Kay, J.J., Schneider, E.D., 1992. "Thermodynamics and Measures of Ecosystem Integrity" in Ecological Indicators, Volume 1, D.H. McKenzie, D.E. Hyatt, V.J. Mc Donald (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ecological Indicators, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Elsevier, pp.159-182.
1991:
1989:
Kay, J.J., L. Graham,R.E., Ulanowicz. 1989. "A Detailed Guide to Network Analysis" in Network Analysis in Marine Ecology: Methods and Applications, F. Wulff, J. Field, K. Mann (Eds.), pp.15-61, Springer-Verlag.
About complexity and an ecosystem approach
A tutorial version of the talk "An Ecosystem Approach for Sustainability: Addressing the Challenge of Complexity"
Presented at:
"What is Industrial Ecology about? Some musings from Complex Systems Theory " presented at the bi-annual conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics, Montreal, Quebec, 24 August, 2001
"About ecological integrity." 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.
"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
A talk on monitoring given at Next Generation Indicators workshop, State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference, Buffalo, N.Y., 23 October, 1998
(The material in this document and much more is covered in:
Boyle, M., "An Adaptive Ecosystem Approach to Monitoring: Developing Policy Performance Indicators for Ontario Ministry Of Natural Resources", Masters Thesis, Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo, 1998.)
Kay, J.J., 1994, "The Ecosystem Approach, Ecosystems as Complex Systems and State of the Environment Reporting", prepared for North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation , State of the North American Ecosystem meeting, Montreal, Canada. 8-10 December, 1994, 42 pages. Kay, J.J., 1994, "The Ecosystem Approach Applied to the Huron Natural Area", prepared for Environment Canada, State of the Environment Reporting, Ottawa, Canada. 12 pages Simpson, M., Kay, J.J., 1989 "Availability, Exergy, the Second Law and all that......."
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