Searching for sustainability : interdisciplinary essays in the philosophy of conservation biology / / Bryan G. Norton [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Norton Bryan G.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 554 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 333.95/16
• Soggetto topico: Conservation biology - Philosophy
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; General Introduction; I Pragmatism as an Environmental Philosophy; II Science, Policy, and Policy Science; III Economics and Environmental Sustainability; IV Scaling Sustainability; V Some Elements of a Philosophy of Sustainable Living; VI Valuing Sustainability: Toward a More Comprehensive Approach to Environmental Evaluation; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines from a multidisciplinary viewpoint the question of what we mean - what we should mean - by setting sustainability as a goal for environmental management. The author, trained as a philosopher of science and language, explores ways to break down the disciplinary barriers to communication and deliberation about environment policy, and to integrate science and evaluations into a more comprehensive environmental policy. Choosing sustainability as the keystone concept of environmental policy, the author explores what we can learn about sustainable living from the philosophy of pragmatism, from ecology, from economics, from planning, from conservation biology and from related disciplines. The idea of adaptive, or experimental, management provides the context, while insights from various disciplines are integrated into a comprehensive philosophy of environmental management. The book will appeal to students and professionals in the fields of environmental policy and ethics, conservation biology, and philosophy of science.
• Titolo autorizzato: Searching for sustainability
• ISBN: 1-107-13212-6; 1-280-41943-1; 9786610419432; 0-511-17789-5; 0-511-04209-4; 0-511-14840-2; 0-511-30530-3; 0-511-61382-2; 0-511-04490-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450333703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.