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Managing the unknown : essays on environmental ignorance /
Information is crucial when it comes to the management of resources. But what if knowledge is incomplete, or biased, or otherwise deficient? How did people define patterns of proper use in the absence of cognitive certainty? Discussing this challenge for a diverse set of resources from fish to rubbe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books,
2014.
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| Colección: | Environment in History: International Perspectives.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Information is crucial when it comes to the management of resources. But what if knowledge is incomplete, or biased, or otherwise deficient? How did people define patterns of proper use in the absence of cognitive certainty? Discussing this challenge for a diverse set of resources from fish to rubber, these essays show that deficient knowledge is a far more pervasive challenge in resource history than conventional readings suggest. Furthermore, environmental ignorance does not inevitably shrink with the march of scientific progress: these essays suggest more of a dialectical relationship be. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 200 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782382539 1782382534 9781782382522 1782382526 |