Main Title |
Nature by design : people, natural process, and ecological restoration / |
Author |
Higgs, Eric
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Publisher |
MIT Press, |
Year Published |
2003 |
OCLC Number |
50868224 |
ISBN |
0262582260 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0262083167 (hc. : alk. paper) |
Subjects |
Restoration ecology
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EIAM |
QH541.15.R45H54 2003 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
08/01/2003 |
ESAM |
QH541.15.R45H54 2003 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
05/28/2004 |
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Collation |
xv, 341 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. {321}-333). |
Contents Notes |
1. A tale of two wilderness: Jasper National Park, meet Disney World -- The bear in the kitchen -- The palisade -- A landscape of threats -- Freak landscapes -- Restoring an idea or a place? -- Wilderness as theme -- Colonizing the imagination -- Celebration? -- One wilderness or two? -- 2. Boundary conditions -- Florid(ian) images -- Meandering ambitions: The Kissimmee River (Florida) restoration -- Beyond the ecological curtain: The Morava River restoration, Slovak Republic -- Gardening or restoration? The Robert Starbird Dorney garden, Ontario, Canada -- Normal history -- Contingency and ideals -- 3. What is ecological restoration? -- Words and taxonomy -- The duck test -- A legacy of definitions -- Process and product -- Assisted recovery -- Management -- Historical range of variability -- Sustainable cultural practices -- Ecological integrity -- The evolution of words and worlds -- 4. Historicity and reference in ecological restoration -- Photographing the past -- Nostalgia -- Narrative continuity -- Place -- Time depth -- Reference conditions -- Taking history seriously -- 5. Denaturing restoration -- Lines across the path -- Commodification -- A taut line: What kind of science do ecological restorationists require? -- The commodification of nature -- The commodification of practice -- The promise and problems of ecological restoration -- 6. Focal restoration -- Discovery Island -- Ecocultural restoration -- Focal restoration -- Ritual and restoration -- Participation in restoration -- Landscape coevolution -- 7. Nature by design -- Remembrances of landscapes past -- The ambiguity of design -- Wild design -- Restoration as conversation: A storied landscape. |
Place Published |
Cambridge, Mass. : |
PUB Date Free Form |
c2003. |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
2002040783 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20040527165454 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
02483cam 22002534a 45020 |