Win-win ecology : how the earth's species can survive in the midst of human enterprise / Michael L. Rosenzweig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenzweig, Michael L., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature conservation--Economic aspects.

Nature conservation.

Biodiversity conservation--Economic aspects.

Biodiversity conservation.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages) illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text argues that ecological science rejects the usual polarization of the human and natural worlds. Instead it suggests that, to be successful, conservation must discover how we can blend a rich natural world into the world of economic activity.

Contents:

Preamble; CHAPTER 1 Reconciliation Ecology; CHAPTER 2 Landscape Architecture for the Third Millennium; CHAPTER 3 Prometheus in the Pinelands; CHAPTER 4 Making Money; CHAPTER 5 Hidden Costs; A Personal Witness; CHAPTER 6 Hard-Core Reconciliation; CHAPTER 7 Happy Accidents; CHAPTER 8 The Tyranny of Space; CHAPTER 9 Falling Down the Time Shaft: The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Planet; CHAPTER 10 Fighting for Crumbs: The Traditional Forms of Biological Conservation; CHAPTER 11 Extinction Happens; CHAPTER 12 Clearing Hurdles; Notes; Acknowledgments; Illustration Sources; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

9786610502394

9780190208233

0190208236

9780197702437

0197702430

9781280502392

1280502398

9781423746553

1423746554

9780198035459

0198035454

9781602568860

1602568863

OCLC:

666963574