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Landscape ecology is a widely influential approach to looking at ecological function at the scale of landscapes, and accepting that human beings powerfully affect landscape pattern and function. It goes beyond investigation of pristine environments to consider ecological questions that are raised by patterns of farming, forestry, towns, and cities .Placing Nature is a groundbreaking volume in the field of landscape ecology, the result of collaborative work among experts in ecology, philosophy, art, literature, geography, landscape architecture, and history. Contributors asked each other: What is our appropriate role in nature? How are assumptions of Western culture and ingrained traditions placed in a new context of ecological knowledge? In this book, they consider the goals and strategies needed to bring human-dominated landscapes into intentional relationships with nature, articulating widely varied approaches to the task.In the essays: novelist Jane Smiley, ecologist Eville Gorham, and historian Curt Meine each examine the urgent realities of fitting together ecological function and culture philosopher Marcia Eaton and landscape architect Joan Nassauer each suggest ways to use the culture of nature to bring ecological health into settled landscapes urban geographer Judith Martin and urban historian Sam Bass Warner, geographer and landscape architect Deborah Karasov, and ecologist William Romme each explore the dynamics of land development decisions for their landscape ecological effects artist Chris Faust's photographs juxtapose the crass and mundane details of land use with the poetic power of ecological pattern. Every possible future landscape is the embodiment of some human choice. Placing Nature provides important insight for those who make such choices -- ecologists, ecosystem managers, watershed managers, conservation biologists, land developers, designers, planners -- and for all who wish to promote the ecological health of their communities.

Product Identifiers

Publisher

Island Press

ISBN-10

1559635592

ISBN-13

9781559635592

eBay Product ID (ePID)

431574

Product Key Features

Author

Joan Nassauer

Publication Name

Placing Nature : Culture and Landscape Ecology

Format

Trade Paperback

Language

English

Publication Year

1997

Type

Textbook

Number of Pages

202 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length

8.5in.

Item Height

0.5in.

Item Width

11in.

Item Weight

0 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number

Qh541.15.L35p58 1997

Edition Number

2

Table of Content

Acknowledgments Introduction: Culture and Landscape Ecology: Insights for Action PART I. Urgent Realities Chapter 1. Human Impacts on Ecosystems and Landscapes Chapter 2. Farming and the Landscape Chapter 3. Inherit the Grid PART II. The Culture of Nature Chapter 4. Cultural Sustainability: Aligning Aesthetics and Ecology Chapter 5. The Beauty that Requires Health PART III. Landscape Ecology in Place Chapter 6. Urban Conservation: Sociable, Green, and Affordable Chapter 7. Politics at the Scale of Nature Chapter 8. Creating Pseudo-rural Landscapes in the Mountain West Conclusion: Action across Boundaries Index

Copyright Date

1997

Target Audience

Scholarly & Professional

Topic

Life Sciences / Ecology, Landscape, Ecology

Lccn

97-014842

Dewey Decimal

577.5/5

Dewey Edition

21

Illustrated

Yes

Genre

Nature, Architecture, Science

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