Perspectives on Ecological IntegrityL. Westra, J. Lemons Springer Science & Business Media, 06.12.2012 - 279 Seiten Concepts of ecological integrity have recently been proposed to facilitate enhanced protection of biological and ecological resources against the threat of human activities. The promotion of ecological integrity as a basis for public policy and decision making stems from scientists and others concerned about the threats of human activities to ecosystems and species, and from philosophers attempting to derive a more suitable ethic to guide the relationships between humans and the non-human environment. Although ecological integrity has been proposed as a norm for public policy and decision making, the concept is relatively new and therefore the underlying scientific and philosophical rationales have not been fully developed. This book offers a number of perspectives to stimulate and inform future discussion on the importance and consequences of ecological integrity for science, morality and public policy. Audience: Environmental professionals, whether academic, governmental or industrial, or working in the private consultancy sector. Also suitable as an upper-level reference text. |
Inhalt
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Reclaiming Lost Connections | 34 |
The Challenge of the Ecosystem Approach | 49 |
A Causal Necessity | 77 |
X | 100 |
Universal Environmental Sustainability and the Principle | 102 |
SCIENCE ETHICS AND POLICY | 125 |
Science for the Post Normal Age | 146 |
The Value of Integrity | 162 |
CASE STUDIES AND PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF APPLYING INTEGRITY | 177 |
Integrity Sustainability Biodiversity and Forestry | 218 |
The Global Population Food and the Environment | 239 |
Sustainable Development and Economic Growth | 254 |
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agricultural approach areas argue assessment autocatalytic biocentric biodiversity biological biosphere biotic complex concept of integrity concepts of ecological Conservation Biology consumption cultural Daly decisionmaking decisions defined definition degradation depletion developing countries diversity ecological integrity ecologists economic ecosystem health ecosystem integrity energy environment environmental ethics environmental sustainability Everglades example forest function global goal Goodland growth habitat holism human activities human-made impacts increase indicators interactions Karr land landscape legislation Lemons limited MNCs national parks natural capital natural resources norms Noss organisms periphyton Pimentel pollution population Post-Normal Science practical predictive preservation Principle of Integrity problems processes production protection public policy Regier requires restoration role Sagoff Sand County Almanac scale scientific scientists self-organizing Shrader-Frechette and McCoy Simberloff social soft ecology spatial species stability stipulative definition strategies structure sustainable development trophic levels uncertainty University Press Westra wetlands wildlife World Bank