Sustainability : a philosophy of adaptive ecosystem management / Bryan G. Norton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norton, Bryan G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Environmental management--Decision making.

Environmental management.

Interdisciplinary research.

Communication in science.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (626 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Preface: Beyond Ideology

A Note to the Busy Reader: Some Shorter Paths

Chapter 1. An Innocent at EPA

Chapter 2. Language as Our Environment

Chapter 3. Epistemology and Adaptive Management

Chapter 4. Interlude: Removing Barriers to Integrative Solutions

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

Chapter 10. Improving the Decision Process

Chapter 11. Disciplinary Stew

Chapter 12. Integrated Environmental Analysis and Action

Appendix. Justifying the Method

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 579-599) and index.

ISBN:

9780226595221

0226595226

OCLC:

694361480