Searching for sustainability: interdisciplinary essays in the philosophy of conservation biology
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1. Verfasser: Norton, Bryan G. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2003
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology
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The constancy of Leopold's land ethic -- Thoreau and Leopold on science and values -- Integration or reduction : two approaches to environmental values -- Convergence corroborated : a comment on Arne Naess on wolf policies -- Pragmatism, adaptive management, and sustainability -- What is a conservation biologist? -- Biological resources and endangered species : history, values, and policy -- Leopold as practical moralist and pragmatic policy analyst -- Improving ecological communication : the role of ecologists in environmental policy formation -- Sustainability, human welfare, and ecosystem health
Economists' preferences and the preferences of economists -- Evaluating ecosystem states : two competing paradigms -- Sustainability : ecological and economic perspectives, with Michael A. Toman -- The evolution of preferences : why 'sovereign' preferences may not lead to sustainable policies and what to do about it, with Robert Constanza and Richard C. Bishop -- Context and hierarcy in Aldo Leopold's theory of environmental management -- Scale and biodiversity policy : a hierarchical approach, with Robert E. Ulanowicz -- Ecolotical integrity and social values : at what scale?
Change, constancy, and creativity : the new ecology and some old problems -- Democracy and sense of place values in environmental policy, with Bruce Hannon -- Caring for nature : a broader look at animal stewardship -- Can there be a universal earth ethic? A reflection on values for the proposed Earth Charter -- Intergenerational equity and sustainability -- Commodity, amenity, and morality : the limits of quantification in valuing biodiversity -- The cultural approach to conservation biology -- Evaluation and ecosystem management : new directions needed?
What do we owe the future? How should we decide? -- Environmental values and adaptive management, with Anne Steinemann
This book examines from a multidisciplinary viewpoint the question of what we mean by setting sustainability as a goal for environmental management. The author explores ways to break down the disciplinary barriers to communication and deliberation about environment policy, and to integrate science and evaluations into a comprehensive environmental policy
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ISBN:0511042094
0511044909
0511613822
052100778X
0521809908
9780511042096
9780511044908
9780511613821
9780521007788
9780521809900

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