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Author Norton, Bryan G.

Title Searching for sustainability : interdisciplinary essays in the philosophy of conservation biology / Bryan G. Norton.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 554 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology
Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents 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?
Change, constancy, and creativity : the new ecology and some old problems -- Democracy and sense of place values in environmental policy, with Bruce Hannon -- Caring for nature : a broader look at animal stewardship -- Can there be a universal earth ethic? A reflection on values for the proposed Earth Charter -- Intergenerational equity and sustainability -- Commodity, amenity, and morality : the limits of quantification in valuing biodiversity -- The cultural approach to conservation biology -- Evaluation and ecosystem management : new directions needed?
What do we owe the future? How should we decide? -- Environmental values and adaptive management, with Anne Steinemann.
Summary This book examines from a multidisciplinary viewpoint the question of what we mean by setting sustainability as a goal for environmental management. The author explores ways to break down the disciplinary barriers to communication and deliberation about environment policy, and to integrate science and evaluations into a comprehensive environmental policy.
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Subject Conservation biology -- Philosophy.
Conservation biology.
Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Norton, Bryan G. Searching for sustainability. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521809908 052100778X (DLC) 2002017404 (OCoLC)48803433
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