Cargando…
Fields and Streams : Stream Restoration, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Environmental Science.
Examining the science of stream restoration, Rebecca Lave argues that the neoliberal emphasis on the privatization and commercialization of knowledge has fundamentally changed the way that science is funded, organized, and viewed in the United States. Stream restoration science and practice is in a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
2012.
|
| Colección: | Geographies of justice and social transformation.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Examining the science of stream restoration, Rebecca Lave argues that the neoliberal emphasis on the privatization and commercialization of knowledge has fundamentally changed the way that science is funded, organized, and viewed in the United States. Stream restoration science and practice is in a startling state. The most widely respected expert in the field, Dave Rosgen, is a private consultant with relatively little formal scientific training. Since the mid-1990s, many academic and federal agency-based scientists have denounced Rosgen as a charlatan and a hack. Despite this, Rosgen's Natur. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (189 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780820344744 0820344745 |