Beyond Preservation : Restoring and Inventing Landscapes /

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Addressing current ecological issues, from the philosophical to the practical, Frederick Turner and William R. Jordan III Here offer a new paradigm for understanding the relationship between the humans and nature. Challenging the idea that preserving nature is the only solution to environmental prob...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pletsch, Carl, De Luce, Judith, Baldwin, A. Dwight
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1994.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Landschapsbeheer.
Landinrichting.
Restoration ecology.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Landscape protection.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Homme > Influence sur la nature > Congres.
Paysages > Protection > Congres.
Rehabilitation (Écologie) > Congres.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Congresses.
Landscape protection > Congresses.
Restoration ecology > Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Addressing current ecological issues, from the philosophical to the practical, Frederick Turner and William R. Jordan III Here offer a new paradigm for understanding the relationship between the humans and nature. Challenging the idea that preserving nature is the only solution to environmental problems, they advocate going beyond preservation to restoration and actual construction of our landscape. Fifteen respondents reflect on the implications and consequences of Turner's and Jordan's bold proposals.Contributors include Gary W. Barrett, Ann Cline, David L. Gorchov, William Jordan III, G. St.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816685486

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