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Addressing participatory, transdisciplinary approaches to local stewardship of the environment, Grassroots to Global features scholars and stewards exploring the broad impacts of civic engagement with the environment.Chapters focus on questions that include: How might faith-based institutions in Chi...

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Otros Autores: Abhyankar, Aniruddha (Contribuidor), Chaves, Martha (Contribuidor), Chawla, Louise (Contribuidor), Chestnut, Dennis (Contribuidor), Chikaraishi, Nancy (Contribuidor), Golshani, Zahra (Contribuidor), Gunderson, Lance (Contribuidor), Hedges, Keith E. (Contribuidor), Hughes, Robert E. (Contribuidor), Jordan, Rebecca (Contribuidor), Kassam, Karim-Aly (Contribuidor), Kearns, Laurel (Contribuidor), Krasny, Marianne E. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Kyle, Veronica (Contribuidor), Maddox, David (Contribuidor), Marshall, Mila Kellen (Contribuidor), Pierce, Elizabeth Whiting (Contribuidor), Ramirez, Rosalba Lopez (Contribuidor), Sarbanes, Michael (Contribuidor), Silva, Philip (Contribuidor), Sooter, Traci (Contribuidor), Svendsen, Erika S. (Contribuidor), Tidball, Keith G. (Contribuidor), Wals, Arjen E. J. (Contribuidor), Witt, Rebecca Salminen (Contribuidor), Wrigley, Jill (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Community development.
Environmental protection > Citizen participation.
Human ecology.
Urban ecology (Sociology).
Environmental History.
General Science.
Public Policy.
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. CULTURE BUILDING: CHANGING SOCIAL NORMS THROUGH CIVIC ECOLOGY PRACTICES
  • 1. Coming Home to Common Ground in Stressed Communities: Intentional Civic Engagement in the Collins Avenue Streamside Community of Southwest Baltimore
  • 2. The Bitter and The Sweet of Nature: Weaving a Tapestry of Migration Stories
  • 3. Grassroots Stewardship in Iran: The Rise and Significance of Nature Cleaners
  • 4. Returning Orange Waters to Blue: Creating a Culture of Civic Engagement through Learning Experiences
  • Part II. KNOWLEDGE BUILDING: LEARNING IN CIVIC ECOLOGY PRACTICE
  • 5. The Nature of Transformative Learning for Social-Ecological Sustainability
  • 6. Making Knowledge in Civic Ecology Practices: A Community Garden Case Study
  • 7. Mapping the Route from Citizen Science to Environmental Stewardship: Integrating Adaptive Management and Civic Ecology Practice
  • Part III. MOVEMENT BUILDING: CIVIC ECOLOGY AS STRATEGIC ACTION FIELD
  • 8. Adaptive Management, Adaptive Governance, and Civic Ecology
  • 9. The Healing Powers of Nature in Joplin's Cunningham Park: Coupling Design-Build and Civic Ecology
  • 10. Countering Environmental Gentrification Through Economic, Cultural, and Political Equity: The 11th Street Bridge Park
  • 11. Civic Stewardship as a Catalyst for Social-Ecological Change in Detroit, Michigan
  • 12. From Practice to Fledgling Social Movement in India: Lessons from "The Ugly Indian"
  • Afterword: Toward a Collaborative Engagement
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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