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



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Autore: Lave Rebecca Visualizza persona
Titolo: Fields and Streams [[electronic resource] ] : Stream Restoration, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Environmental Science Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Athens, : University of Georgia Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (189 p.)
Disciplina: 333.9162153
Soggetto topico: Stream restoration - Political aspects - United States
Neoliberalism - Economic aspects - United States
Environmental sciences - United States
Stream restoration - United States
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
Titolo autorizzato: Fields and Streams  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-73334-X
0-8203-4474-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786364403321
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Serie: Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation