Discordant Harmonies A New Ecology for the Twenty-First Century

Name: Discordant Harmonies A New Ecology for the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 9780195074697

ISBN-10: 0195074696

ISBN-13: 9780195074697

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Authors: Daniel B. Botkin

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Global warming, acid rain, the depletion of the rainforests, the polluting of our atmosphere and oceans - the threats to our environment are growing at an alarming pace. It's certainly easy to indulge the kinds of desperate, hand-wringing environmentalism that point to problems without suggesting solutions. Thankfully, however, Daniel Botkin is able to pinpoint areas of concern and suggest potential cures. In his groundbreaking study of environmental issues, Discordant Harmonies, Botkin suggests that the real barrier to solving the crisis in the environment is not lack of scientific knowledge but the persistance of mythological and metaphoric ways of perceiving the natural world. A seasoned…

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List price: $29.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/30/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.39" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgements



The Current Dilemma


A view from a marsh: myths and facts about nature


Why the elephants died: breakdown in the management of living resources


Moose in the wilderness: stability and the growth of populations


Oaks in New Jersey: machine age forests



Background to Crisis


Mountain lions and mule deer: nature as Divine Order


Earth as a fellow creature: organic views of nature


In Mill Hollow: nature as the great machine



Evolving Images


The forest in the computer: new metaphors for nature


Within the moose's stomach: nature as the biosphere


Fire in the forest: managing living resources



Resolutions For Our Time


Winds on Mauna Loa: how to approach managing the biospehere


The moon in the nautilus shell: nature in the 21st century


Postscript: A guide to action


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