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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461881403321

Autore

Lave Rebecca

Titolo

Fields and Streams [[electronic resource] ] : Stream Restoration, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Environmental Science

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-73334-X

0-8203-4474-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation

Disciplina

333.9162153

Soggetti

Stream restoration - Political aspects - United States

Neoliberalism - Economic aspects - United States

Environmental sciences - United States

Stream restoration - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Stream Restoration and Natural Channel Design; CHAPTER 3 The History of Stream Restoration and the Rise of Rosgen; CHAPTER 4 Capital Conflicts; CHAPTER 5 Building a Base of Support; CHAPTER 6 The Political Economy of Stream Restoration; CHAPTER 7 Conclusions; Appendix: Interview and Survey Metadata; Notes; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Examining the science of stream restoration, Rebecca Lave argues that the neoliberal emphasis on the privatization and commercialization of knowledge has fundamentally changed the way that science is funded, organized, and viewed in the United States. Stream restoration science and practice is in a startling state. The most widely respected expert in the field, Dave Rosgen, is a private consultant with relatively little formal scientific training. Since the mid-1990s, many academic and federal agency-based scientists have denounced Rosgen as a charlatan and a hack. Despite this, Rosgen's Natur