The Ecology Of Place

Author : Timothy Beatley,Kristy Manning
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610910651

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The Ecology of Place by Timothy Beatley,Kristy Manning Pdf

Current patterns of land use and development are at once socially, economically, and environmentally destructive. Sprawling low-density development literally devours natural landscapes while breeding a pervasive sense of social isolation and exacerbating a vast array of economic problems. As more and more counties begin to look more and more the same, hope for a different future may seem to be fading. But alternatives do exist. The Ecology of Place, Timothy Beatley and Kristy Manning describe a world in which land is consumed sparingly, cities and towns are vibrant and green, local economies thrive, and citizens work together to create places of eduring value. They present a holistic and compelling approach to repairing and enhancing communities, introducing a vision of "sustainable places" that extends beyond traditional architecture and urban design to consider not just the physical layout of a development but the broad set of ways in which communities are organized and operate. Chapters examine: the history and context of current land use problems, along with the concept of "sustainable places" the ecology of place and ecological policies and actions local and regional economic development links between land-use and community planning and civic involvement specific recommendations to help move toward sustainability The authors address a variety of policy and development issues that affect a community -- from its economic base to its transit options to the ways in which its streets and public spaces are managed -- and examine the wide range of programs, policies, and creative ideas that can be used to turn the vision of sustainable places into reality. The Ecology of Place is a timely resource for planners, economic development specialists, students, and citizen activists working toward establishing healthier and more sustainable patterns of growth and development.

Author : Ian Billick,Mary V. Price
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226050447

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The Ecology of Place by Ian Billick,Mary V. Price Pdf

Ecologists can spend a lifetime researching a small patch of the earth, studying the interactions between organisms and the environment, and exploring the roles those interactions play in determining distribution, abundance, and evolutionary change. With so few ecologists and so many systems to study, generalizations are essential. But how do you extrapolate knowledge about a well-studied area and apply it elsewhere? Through a range of original essays written by eminent ecologists and naturalists, The Ecology of Place explores how place-focused research yields exportable general knowledge as well as practical local knowledge, and how society can facilitate ecological understanding by investing in field sites, place-centered databases, interdisciplinary collaborations, and field-oriented education programs that emphasize natural history. This unique patchwork of case-study narratives, philosophical musings, and historical analyses is tied together with commentaries from editors Ian Billick and Mary Price that develop and synthesize common threads. The result is a unique volume rich with all-too-rare insights into how science is actually done, as told by scientists themselves.

Author : Edward T. Wimberley
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780801892899

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Nested Ecology by Edward T. Wimberley Pdf

Nested Ecology provides a pragmatic and functional approach to realizing a sustainable environmental ethic. Edward T. Wimberley asserts that a practical ecological ethic must focus on human decision making within the context of larger social and environmental systems. Think of a set of mixing bowls, in which smaller bowls sit within larger ones. Wimberley sees the world in much the same way, with personal ecologies embedded in social ecologies that in turn are nested within natural ecologies. Wimberley urges a complete reconceptualization of the human place in the ecological hierarchy. Going beyond the physical realms in which people live and interact, he extends the concept of ecology to spirituality and the “ecology of the unknown.” In doing so, Wimberley defines a new environmental philosophy and a new ecological ethic.

Author : Michael Vincent McGinnis
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520960756

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Science and Sensibility by Michael Vincent McGinnis Pdf

If humans are to understand and discover ways of addressing complex social and ecological problems, we first need to find intimacy with our particular places and communities. Cultivating a relationship to place often includes a negotiating process that involves both science and sensibility. While science is one key part of an adaptive and resilient society, the cultivation of a renewed sense of place and community is essential as well. Science and Sensibility argues for the need for ecology to engage with philosophical values and economic motivations in a political process of negotiation, with the goal of shaping humans' treatment of the natural world. Michael Vincent McGinnis aims to reframe ecology so it might have greater “trans-scientific” awareness of the roles and interactions among multiple stakeholders in socioecological systems, and he also maintains that deep ecological knowledge of specific places will be crucial to supporting a sustainable society. He uses numerous specific case studies from watershed, coastal, and marine habitats to illustrate how place-based ecological negotiation can occur, and how reframing our negotiation process can influence conservation, restoration, and environmental policy in effective ways.

Author : Joan Nassauer
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610910996

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Placing Nature by Joan Nassauer Pdf

Landscape ecology is a widely influential approach to looking at ecological function at the scale of landscapes, and accepting that human beings powerfully affect landscape pattern and function. It goes beyond investigation of pristine environments to consider ecological questions that are raised by patterns of farming, forestry, towns, and cities.Placing Nature is a groundbreaking volume in the field of landscape ecology, the result of collaborative work among experts in ecology, philosophy, art, literature, geography, landscape architecture, and history. Contributors asked each other: What is our appropriate role in nature? How are assumptions of Western culture and ingrained traditions placed in a new context of ecological knowledge? In this book, they consider the goals and strategies needed to bring human-dominated landscapes into intentional relationships with nature, articulating widely varied approaches to the task.In the essays: novelist Jane Smiley, ecologist Eville Gorham, and historian Curt Meine each examine the urgent realities of fitting together ecological function and culture philosopher Marcia Eaton and landscape architect Joan Nassauer each suggest ways to use the culture of nature to bring ecological health into settled landscapes urban geographer Judith Martin and urban historian Sam Bass Warner, geographer and landscape architect Deborah Karasov, and ecologist William Romme each explore the dynamics of land development decisions for their landscape ecological effects artist Chris Faust's photographs juxtapose the crass and mundane details of land use with the poetic power of ecological pattern.Every possible future landscape is the embodiment of some human choice. Placing Nature provides important insight for those who make such choices -- ecologists, ecosystem managers, watershed managers, conservation biologists, land developers, designers, planners -- and for all who wish to promote the ecological health of their communities.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781465488428

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The Ecology Book by DK Pdf

Learn about species, environments, ecosystems and biodiversity in The Ecology Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Ecology in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Ecology Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Ecology, with: - More than 90 of the greatest ideas in ecology - Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts - A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout - Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding The Ecology Book is a captivating introduction to what’s happening on our planet with the environment and climate change, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Here you’ll discover more than 90 of the greatest ideas when it comes to understanding the living world and how it works, through exciting text and bold graphics. Your Ecological Questions, Simply Explained How do species interact with each other and their environment? How do ecosystems change? What is biodiversity and can we afford to damage it? This fresh new guide looks at our influence on the planet as it grows, and answers these profound questions. If you thought it was difficult to learn about this field of science, The Ecology Book presents the information in a clear layout. Learn the key theories, movements, and events in biology, geology, geography, and environmentalism from the ideas of classical thinkers in this comprehensive guide. The Big Ideas Series With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Ecology Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.

Author : Michael S. Northcott
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441199645

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Place, Ecology and the Sacred by Michael S. Northcott Pdf

Place, Ecology and the Sacred demonstrates how the loss of a sense of place is of central importance to the modern ecological crisis. Bringing together and further developing some of his groundbreaking work on the concept of parochial ecology, or place-based environmentalism, Northcott argues that the recovery of a sense of place – and of governmental structures and moral practices that map onto and arise out of place-specific communities – is essential to the resolution of the ecological crisis. The idea of parochial is often seen negatively in modern metropolitan culture, but genuine parochiality recalls the gathered and face to face character of Christian Eucharist community. The modes of governance and resource harvesting, allocation and use that dominate advanced industrial societies involve a denial of the place-based character of creaturely and personal life as revealed in the Old and New Testaments and subsequently in the Christian doctrine of the Church. Place, Ecology and the Sacred argues for an ecclesial recovery of a sense of place as a foil to the continuing and increased mobility of the modern world.

Author : Michael Heckenberger
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0415945992

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The Ecology of Power by Michael Heckenberger Pdf

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Gregory Cajete
Publisher : Book Marketing Group
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781574160284

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A People's Ecology by Gregory Cajete Pdf

This book presents a tapestry of perspectives on food and the interplay of health, cultural ecology, and environment, which are the fabric and foundation of all sustainable living It offers personal stories, documented information, traditional understandings, and speculations on future directions. Each contribution calls on us to reclaim our human heritage of "caring for our home fires" -- a metaphor that can inspire the revitalisation of our connections to the earth, all living things, and each other. The writers examine the underlying ecology of sustainable living rooted in the historical traditions, environmental practices, and a sense of place of peoples of the Southwest; and they describe the impact that disruption of this way of life continues to have on health, well-being, communal identity. Drawing on an indigenous paradigm of "healthy environment, healthy culture, healthy people," this book explores possibilities of applying the principles of sustainable living in both traditional and non-traditional communities.

Author : C. Patrick Heidkamp,Troy Paddock,Christine Petto
Publisher : Zeta Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9786068266640

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Environment, Space, Place - Volume 5, Issue 2 (Fall 2013) by C. Patrick Heidkamp,Troy Paddock,Christine Petto Pdf

Author : Robert W. Sandford
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781897425572

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Ecology & Wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site by Robert W. Sandford Pdf

Ecology and Wonder celebrates Western Canada's breathtaking landscape. The book makes several remarkable claims. The greatest cultural achievement in the mountain region of western Canada may be what has been preserved, not what has been developed. Protecting the spine of the Rocky Mountains will preserve crucial ecological functions. Because the process of ecosystem diminshment and species loss has been slowed, an ecological thermostat has been kept alive. This may well be an important defence against future impacts of climate change in the Canadian West.

Author : Tom Lynch,Cheryll Glotfelty,Karla Armbruster
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820341712

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The Bioregional Imagination by Tom Lynch,Cheryll Glotfelty,Karla Armbruster Pdf

Bioregionalism is an innovative way of thinking about place and planet from an ecological perspective. Although bioregional ideas occur regularly in ecocritical writing, until now no systematic effort has been made to outline the principles of bioregional literary criticism and to use it as a way to read, write, understand, and teach literature. The twenty-four original essays here are written by an outstanding selection of international scholars. The range of bioregions covered is global and includes such diverse places as British Columbia's Meldrum Creek and Italy's Po River Valley, the Arctic and the Outback. There are even forays into cyberspace and outer space. In their comprehensive introduction, the editors map the terrain of the bioregional movement, including its history and potential to inspire and invigorate place-based and environmental literary criticism. Responding to bioregional tenets, this volume is divided into four sections. The essays in the “Reinhabiting” section narrate experiments in living-in-place and restoring damaged environments. The “Rereading” essays practice bioregional literary criticism, both by examining texts with strong ties to bioregional paradigms and by opening other, less-obvious texts to bioregional analysis. In “Reimagining,” the essays push bioregionalism to evolve—by expanding its corpus of texts, coupling its perspectives with other approaches, or challenging its core constructs. Essays in the “Renewal” section address bioregional pedagogy, beginning with local habitat studies and concluding with musings about the Internet. In response to the environmental crisis, we must reimagine our relationship to the places we inhabit. This volume shows how literature and literary studies are fundamental tools to such a reimagining.

Author : Raf de Bont,Jens Lachmund
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351750929

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Spatializing the History of Ecology by Raf de Bont,Jens Lachmund Pdf

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Knowing Nature, Making Space -- PART I: Crafting Zones and Regions -- 2 Mapping Heimat: Amateur Natural History and Plant Ecology in Imperial Germany -- 3 Life Zones: The Rise and Decline of a Theory of the Geographic Distribution of Species -- 4 A Laboratory for Tropical Ecology: Colonial Models and American Science at Cinchona, Jamaica -- 5 Field Stations and the Problem of Scale: Local, Regional, and Global at the Desert Lab -- 6 Ecology and Rehabilitation: The West Highland Survey, 1944-1955 -- PART II: Modelling Systems -- 7 Ecosystem Simulation as a Practice of Emplacement: The Desert Biome Project, 1970-1974 -- 8 The City as Ecosystem: Paul Duvigneaud and the Ecological Study of Brussels -- PART III: Fashioning Objects of Conservation -- 9 Extinct in the Wild: Finding a Place for the European Bison, 1919-1952 -- 10 Islands and Bioregions: Global Reserve Design Models and the Making of National Parks, 1960-2000 -- 11 Space, Place, Land, and Sea: The "Ecological Discovery" of the Global Wadden Sea -- 12 Epilogue -- Index.

Author : Mark Everard
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000284485

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The Ecology of Everyday Things by Mark Everard Pdf

Nature is all around us, in the beautiful but also in the unappealing and functional, and from the awe-inspiring to the mundane. It is vital that we learn to see the agency of the natural world in all things that make our lives possible, comfortable and profitable. The Ecology of Everyday Things pulls back the veil of our familiarity on a range of ‘everyday things’ that surround us, and which we perhaps take too much for granted. This key into the magic world of the everyday can enable us to take better account of our common natural inheritance. Professor James Longhurst, Assistant Vice Chancellor, University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) For many people, ecosystems may be a remote concept, yet we eat, drink, breathe and interface with them in every moment of our lives. In this engaging textbook, ecosystems scientist Dr. Mark Everard considers a diversity of ‘everyday things’, including fascinating facts about their ecological origins: from the tea we drink, to the things we wear, read and enjoy, to the ecology of communities and space flight, and the important roles played by germs and ‘unappealing creatures’ such as slugs and wasps. In today’s society, we are so umbilically connected to ecosystems that we fail to notice them, and this oversight blinds us to the unsustainability of everyday life and the industries and policy environment that supports it. The Ecology of Everyday Things takes the reader on an enlightening, fascinating voyage of discovery, all the while soundly rooted in robust science. It will stimulate awareness about how connected we all are to the natural world and its processes, and how important it is to learn to better treat our environment. Ideal for use in undergraduate- and school-level teaching, it will also interest, educate, engage and enthuse a wide range of less technical audiences.

Author : Wayne S. Teel
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1516585666

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Regenerating the Ecology of Place by Wayne S. Teel Pdf

Regenerating the Ecology of Place helps students better understand that industrial agriculture and natural resource extraction are degrading our environment. The text posits that we must go beyond sustainability and focus on regeneration of our local ecosystems to rehabilitate our environment and reverse climate change. Students are encouraged to develop an understanding of the local ecology of the place they live and act on that knowledge, developing new ways to interact with living systems on the planet. The opening chapter introduces students to key concepts of ecology, helping them develop the language needed to better understand our impact on ecosystems and the various cycles of energy, water, and nutrients that are basic building blocks of living systems. Additional chapters address what not to do in support of regeneration efforts, speak to how agriculture must change to reduce its impact on our environment, define permaculture, and introduce strategies to reduce personal and global footprints and shrink the misuse of water. Students will learn about reintegrating manure in nutrient cycles, get an introduction to agroecology including the System of Rice Intensification, and develop their understanding of the problem with GMOs. The last chapters focus on returning carbon dioxide to the soil and adding biochar, why handling brittle landscapes is important, and more about tree crops and the benefits of agroforestry.