Searching for sustainability:interdisciplinary essays in the philosophy of conservation biology
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Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK New York, NY, USA |
Publication Dates: | 2003. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology |
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Carrier Form: | viii, 554 p.: ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0521809908 (hb) 052100778X (pb) |
Index Number: | Q16 |
CLC: | Q16-02 |
Call Number: | Q16-02/N882 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references. The constancy of Leopold's land ethic -- Thoreau and Leopold on science and values -- Integration or reduction : two approaches to environmental values -- Convergence corroborated : a comment on Arne Naess on wolf policies -- Pragmatism, adaptive management, and sustainability -- What is a conservation biologist? -- Biological resources and endangered species : history, values, and policy -- Leopold as practical moralist and pragmatic policy analyst -- Improving ecological communication : the role of ecologists in environmental policy formation -- Sustainability, human welfare, and ecosystem health. Economists' preferences and the preferences of economists -- Evaluating ecosystem states : two competing paradigms -- Sustainability : ecological and economic perspectives, with Michael A. Toman -- The evolution of preferences : why 'sovereign' preferences may not lead to sustainable policies and what to do about it, with Robert Constanza and Richard C. Bishop -- Context and hierarcy in Aldo Leopold's theory of environmental management -- Scale and biodiversity policy : a hierarchical approach, with Robert E. Ulanowicz -- Ecolotical integrity and social values : at what scale? |