{"product_id":"searching-for-sustainability-interdisciplinary-essays-in-the-philosophy-of-conservation-biology-hardback-9780521809900","title":"Searching for Sustainability; Interdisciplinary Essays in the Philosophy of Conservation Biology (Hardback) 9780521809900","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSearching for Sustainability\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInterdisciplinary Essays in the Philosophy of Conservation Biology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA multidisciplinary analysis of what we mean by setting sustainability as a goal for environmental management.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBryan G. Norton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521809900, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 October 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e566 pages, 10 b\/w illus.  3 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 3.9 cm, 0.92 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is a grand, yet warmly human book, well worth having on the shelf as food for thought and as a reference on a range of topics that truly matter.\"   Environmental Ethics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book examines from a multidisciplinary viewpoint the question of what we mean - what we should mean - by setting sustainability as a goal for environmental management. The author, trained as a philosopher of science and language, explores ways to break down the disciplinary barriers to communication and deliberation about environment policy, and to integrate science and evaluations into a more comprehensive environmental policy. Choosing sustainability as the keystone concept of environmental policy, the author explores what we can learn about sustainable living from the philosophy of pragmatism, from ecology, from economics, from planning, from conservation biology and from related disciplines. The idea of adaptive, or experimental, management provides the context, while insights from various disciplines are integrated into a comprehensive philosophy of environmental management. The book will appeal to students and professionals in the fields of environmental policy and ethics, conservation biology, and philosophy of science.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeneral introduction: an interdisciplinary experiment. Part I. Pragmatism as an Environmental Philosophy: 1. The constancy of Leopold's land ethic\u003cbr\u003e 2. Thoreau and Leopold on science and values\u003cbr\u003e 3. Integration or reduction: two approaches to environmental values\u003cbr\u003e 4. Convergence corroborated: a comment on Arne Naess on wolf policies\u003cbr\u003e 5. Pragmatism, adaptive management, and sustainability\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Science, Policy, and Policy Science: 6. What is a conservation biologist?\u003cbr\u003e 7. Biological resources and endangered species: history, values, and policy\u003cbr\u003e 8. Leopold as practical moralist and pragmatic policy analyst\u003cbr\u003e 9. Improving ecological communication\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Economics and Environmental Sustainability: 10. Sustainability, human welfare, and ecosystem health\u003cbr\u003e 11. Economists' preferences and the preferences of economists\u003cbr\u003e 12. Evaluating ecosystem states: two competing paradigms\u003cbr\u003e 13. The evolution of preferences: Why 'sovereign' preferences may not lead to sustainable policies and what to do about it\u003cbr\u003e 14. Sustainability: ecological and economic perspectives\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Scaling Sustainability: Ecology as if Humans Mattered: 15. Context and hierarchy in Aldo Leopold's theory of environmental management\u003cbr\u003e 16. Scale and biodiversity: a hierarchical approach\u003cbr\u003e 17. Ecological integrity and social values: at what scale\u003cbr\u003e 18. Change, constancy, and creativity: the new ecology and some old problems\u003cbr\u003e 19. Democracy and sense of place values\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Some Elements of a Philosophy of Sustainable Living: 20. Caring for nature: a broader look at animal stewardship\u003cbr\u003e 21. Can there be a universal earth ethic? Reflections on the earth charter\u003cbr\u003e 22. Intergenerational equity and sustainability\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Valuing Sustainability: Toward a More Comprehensive Approach to Environmental Evaluation: 23. Commodity, amenity, and morality: the limits of quantification in valuing biodiversity\u003cbr\u003e 24. The cultural approach to conservation biology\u003cbr\u003e 25. Evaluation and ecosystem management: new directions needed?\u003cbr\u003e 26. What do we owe the future? An argument for introducing wolves into Adirondack Park\u003cbr\u003e 27. Environmental values and adaptive management.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: The environment [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The environment\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20environment%20%5BRN%5D%22\"\u003eRN\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265128255768,"sku":"9780521809900","price":83.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521007788.jpg?v=1692019758","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/searching-for-sustainability-interdisciplinary-essays-in-the-philosophy-of-conservation-biology-hardback-9780521809900","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}