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Record Nr.

UNINA9910350340003321

Titolo

Ecological Wisdom [[electronic resource] ] : Theory and Practice / / edited by Bo Yang, Robert Fredrick Young

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

981-13-0571-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 pages)

Collana

EcoWISE, Innovative Approaches to Socio-Ecological Sustainability, , 2367-0029

Disciplina

574.5

Soggetti

Environmental management

Urban Ecology

Regional planning

Environmental sciences-Philosoph

Civil engineering

Environmental Management

Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning

Environmental Philosophy

Civil Engineering

Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Brief overview of origin of EW idea -- Theory -- Natural Resource Management: Water and Land Use -- The Built Environment -- City Planning: Rural and Urban -- Agriculture -- Water: Vernacular water systems -- Energy. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an introduction to the theory and practice of ecological wisdom (EW). EW is the integration of robust contemporary science with proven cultural and historical practices to identify long-term, sustainable solutions to problems of environmental management and urban design. The book combines theoretical concepts with specific case studies, illustrating the opportunities for interdisciplinary approaches combining historical experience, cultural context, and contemporary science as effective strategies for addressing complex



problems confronting metropolitan and rural environmental and resource management in areas such as land use, water management, materials and building engineering, urban planning, and architecture and design. EW transcends the limitations in these fields of the normative approaches of modernity or traditional wisdom by offering a new, synthetic strategy to address socio-ecological issues. By presenting these ideas both theoretically and through existing case studies, the book provides researchers, practitioners and students with a powerful new perspective in developing long-term, resilient solutions to existing socio-environmental challenges. It is intended mainly for those working or interested in the fields of sustainable environmental and resource management, city and regional planning, architecture and design, civil engineering, landscape architecture, and the philosophy of science, particularly those with an ecological or sustainability focus. .