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The Terrestrial Biosphere: Environmental Change, Ecosystem Science, Attitudes and Values: Understanding Global Environmental Change

Autor S.T. Trudgill
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 noi 2000
Terrestrial Biosphere tries to pose the questions which underlie the  many-sided debate of how to respond to and influence change: How should we view nature? What do we do for the best - how should we act - what are we trying to achieve and what should we be guided by?In doing so the book introduces and attempts to analyse not only scientific aspects of the debate but also cultural attitudes and values: the notions of ecosystem stability are now challenged and it is also clear that ecosystems are renewable but not repeatable. It finds that prescriptive 'solutions' based on current constructs may not be adequate. Feeling that analysis should lead to advocacy, the author believes that if we can't improve predictability, we have to increase adaptability which means that ecological and social capacity building should be advocated. This is seen in terms of concepts, institutions, attitudes and values which allow for a plurality of meanings and which can cope with surprise and unforeseen change - and which also facilitates responses to change.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780582303478
ISBN-10: 0582303478
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Understanding Global Environmental Change

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Introduction2. Ecology for People3. Are There Any Guiding Principles from Ecological Science?4. The Conceptual Basis5. Ecosystems, Society and Environmental Change6. Concepts of Soil7. Soils and Environmental Change8. Wilderness Ecosystems9. Managed Ecosytems10. Domesticated Ecosystems 11. Built Ecosystems12. Conclusions

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Terrestrial Biosphere tries to pose the questions which underlie the  many-sided debate of how to respond to and influence change: How should we view nature? What do we do for the best - how should we act - what are we trying to achieve and what should we be guided by?In doing so the book introduces and attempts to analyse not only scientific aspects of the debate but also cultural attitudes and values: the notions of ecosystem stability are now challenged and it is also clear that ecosystems are renewable but not repeatable. It finds that prescriptive 'solutions' based on current constructs may not be adequate. Feeling that analysis should lead to advocacy, the author believes that if we can't improve predictability, we have to increase adaptability which means that ecological and social capacity building should be advocated. This is seen in terms of concepts, institutions, attitudes and values which allow for a plurality of meanings and which can cope with surprise and unforeseen change - and which also facilitates responses to change.