Discordant Harmonies : A New Ecology for the Twenty-first Century.
Botkin, Daniel B.
Discordant Harmonies : A New Ecology for the Twenty-first Century. - xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-228) and index.
pt. I: The current dilemma. A view from a marsh: myths and facts about nature ; Why the elephants died: breakdown in the management of living resources ; Moose in the wilderness: stability and the growth of populations ; Oaks in New Jersey: machine-age forests -- pt. II: Background to crisis. Mountain lions and mule-deer: nature as divine order ; Earth as a fellow creature: organic views of nature ; In mill hollow: nature as the great machine -- pt. III: Evolving images. The forest in the computer: new metaphors for nature ; Within the moose's stomach: nature as the biosphere ; Fire in the forest: managing living resources -- pt. IV: Resolutions for our time. The winds of Mauna Loa: how to approach managing the biosphere ; The moon in the nautilus shell: nature in the twenty-first century ; Postscript: A guide to action -- Some key ideas and concepts.
Global warming, acid rain, the depletion of the rainforests, the polluting of our atmosphere and oceans - the threats to our environment are growing at an alarming pace. It's certainly easy to indulge the kinds of desperate, hand-wringing environmentalism that point to problems without suggesting solutions. Thankfully, however, Daniel Botkin is able to pinpoint areas of concern and suggest potential cures. In his groundbreaking study of environmental issues, Discordant Harmonies, Botkin suggests that the real barrier to solving the crisis in the environment is not lack of scientific knowledge but the persistence of mythological and metaphoric ways of perceiving the natural world. A seasoned scientist (and pioneer of the use of computers to predict ecological trends), Botkin draws on some revealing case-studies - of predator/prey relationships; of forests evolving over centuries; of species nearing extinction; of examples of well-intentioned mistakes in conservation - in order to illuminate his argument. Radical, stimulating, and insightful, Discordant Harmonies suggests a manifesto for environmentalism in the coming decade and beyond.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP22.50 0.
0195054911 9780195054910 9780195074697 0195074696 9024409918 9789024409914
89032890
GB9112288 bnb
019-50549 Uk 011947020 Uk
Nature conservation.
Environmental protection.
Environmental policy.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environmental health.
Environmental monitoring.
Pollution.
Environmental Health
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Pollution
Nature--Conservation.
Pollution.
Pollution
Environmental monitoring
Environmental health
Conservation of natural resources
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
Nature conservation
Ecology.
Nature conservation.
Environmental protection.
Environmental policy.
QH75 / .B67 1990
333.7/2
QH75.B67 / 1990
Discordant Harmonies : A New Ecology for the Twenty-first Century. - xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-228) and index.
pt. I: The current dilemma. A view from a marsh: myths and facts about nature ; Why the elephants died: breakdown in the management of living resources ; Moose in the wilderness: stability and the growth of populations ; Oaks in New Jersey: machine-age forests -- pt. II: Background to crisis. Mountain lions and mule-deer: nature as divine order ; Earth as a fellow creature: organic views of nature ; In mill hollow: nature as the great machine -- pt. III: Evolving images. The forest in the computer: new metaphors for nature ; Within the moose's stomach: nature as the biosphere ; Fire in the forest: managing living resources -- pt. IV: Resolutions for our time. The winds of Mauna Loa: how to approach managing the biosphere ; The moon in the nautilus shell: nature in the twenty-first century ; Postscript: A guide to action -- Some key ideas and concepts.
Global warming, acid rain, the depletion of the rainforests, the polluting of our atmosphere and oceans - the threats to our environment are growing at an alarming pace. It's certainly easy to indulge the kinds of desperate, hand-wringing environmentalism that point to problems without suggesting solutions. Thankfully, however, Daniel Botkin is able to pinpoint areas of concern and suggest potential cures. In his groundbreaking study of environmental issues, Discordant Harmonies, Botkin suggests that the real barrier to solving the crisis in the environment is not lack of scientific knowledge but the persistence of mythological and metaphoric ways of perceiving the natural world. A seasoned scientist (and pioneer of the use of computers to predict ecological trends), Botkin draws on some revealing case-studies - of predator/prey relationships; of forests evolving over centuries; of species nearing extinction; of examples of well-intentioned mistakes in conservation - in order to illuminate his argument. Radical, stimulating, and insightful, Discordant Harmonies suggests a manifesto for environmentalism in the coming decade and beyond.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP22.50 0.
0195054911 9780195054910 9780195074697 0195074696 9024409918 9789024409914
89032890
GB9112288 bnb
019-50549 Uk 011947020 Uk
Nature conservation.
Environmental protection.
Environmental policy.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environmental health.
Environmental monitoring.
Pollution.
Environmental Health
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Pollution
Nature--Conservation.
Pollution.
Pollution
Environmental monitoring
Environmental health
Conservation of natural resources
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
Nature conservation
Ecology.
Nature conservation.
Environmental protection.
Environmental policy.
QH75 / .B67 1990
333.7/2
QH75.B67 / 1990