Restoring Nature: Perpectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities

by Paul H. Gobster and Bruce Hull

Book Overview

Ecological restoration is an inherently challenging endeavor. Not only is its underlying science still developing, but the concept itself raises complex questions about nature, culture, and the role of humans in the landscape.

Using a recent controversy over ecological restoration efforts in Chicago as a touchstone for discussion, Restoring Nature explores the difficult questions that arise during the planning and implementation of restoration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559637684
• ISBN13: 9781559637688
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"