Sustainability

A Philosophy of Adaptive Ecosystem Management

Bryan G. Norton

610 pages, parution le 01/12/2005

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Résumé

While many disciplines contribute to environmental conservation, there is little successful integration of science and social values. Arguing that the central problem in conservation is a lack of effective communication, Bryan Norton shows in Sustainability how current linguistic resources discourage any shared, multidisciplinary public deliberation over environmental goals and policy. In response, Norton develops a new, interdisciplinary approach to defining sustainability-the cornerstone of environmental policy-using philosophical and linguistic analyses to create a nonideological vocabulary that can accommodate scientific and evaluative environmental discourse.

Emphasizing cooperation and adaptation through social learning, Norton provides a practical framework that encourages an experimental approach to language clarification and problem formulation, as well as an interdisciplinary approach to creating solutions. By moving beyond the scientific arena to acknowledge the importance of public discourse, Sustainability offers an entirely novel approach to environmentalism.

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Chapter 1 An Innocent at EPA
Part I: Setting the Stage for Adaptive Management
- Chapter 2 Language as Our Environment
- Chapter 3 Epistemology and Adaptive Management
- Chapter 4 Interlude: Removing Barriers to Integrative Solutions
Part II: Value Pluralism and Cooperation
- Chapter 5 Where We Are and Where We Want to Be
- Chapter 6 Re-modeling Nature as Valued
- Chapter 7 Environmental Values as Community Commitments
- Chapter 8 Sustainability and Our Obligations to Future Generations
- Chapter 9 Environmental Values and Community Goals
Part III: Integrated Environmental Action
- Chapter 10 Improving the Decision Process
- Chapter 11 Disciplinary Stew
- Chapter 12 Integrated Environmental Analysis and Action
- Appendix Justifying the Method

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	The University of Chicago Press
Auteur(s)	Bryan G. Norton
Parution	01/12/2005
Nb. de pages	610
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	825g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780226595214
ISBN13	978-0-226-59521-4