Fields and Streams Stream Restoration, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Environmental Science

Name: Fields and Streams Stream Restoration, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Environmental Science
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ISBN: 9780820343921

ISBN-10: 0820343927

ISBN-13: 9780820343921

Edition: 2012

Authors: Rebecca Lave, Deborah Cowen, Melissa W. Wright, Nik Heynen

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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 Natural Channel Design approach, classification system, and short-course series are not only accepted but…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 11/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Stream Restoration and Natural Channel Design



The History of Stream Restoration and the Rise of Rosgen



Capital Conflicts



Building a Base of Support



The Political Economy of Stream Restoration



Conclusions


Appendix: Interview and Survey Metadata


Notes


References


Index