Managing the unknown : essays on environmental ignorance /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Uekötter, Frank, 1970- (Editor), Lübken, Uwe (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Series:Environment in History: International Perspectives.
Subjects:
Environmental policy.
Environmental management.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale.
Environnement > Gestion.
environmental policy.
environmental control.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
HISTORY > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 200 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782382539
1782382534
9781782382522
1782382526

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