Landscape ecology is a widely influential approach to looking at ecological function at the scale of landscapes, and accepting that human beings powerfully affect landscape pattern and function. It goes beyond investigation of pristine environments to consider ecological questions that are raised by patterns of farming, forestry, towns, and cities."Placing Nature" is a groundbreaking volume in the field of landscape ecology, the result of collaborative work among experts in ecology, philosophy, art, literature, geography, landscape architecture, and history. Contributors asked each other: What is our appropriate role in nature? How are assumptions of Western culture and ingrained traditions placed in a new context of ecological knowledge? In this book, they consider the goals and strategies needed to bring human-dominated landscapes into intentional relationships with nature, articulating widely varied approaches to the task.In the essays: novelist Jane Smiley, ecologist Eville Gorham, and historian Curt Meine each examine the urgent realities of fitting together ecological function and culture philosopher Marcia Eaton and landscape architect Joan Nassauer each suggest ways to use the culture of nature to bring ecological health into settled landscapes urban geographer Judith Martin and urban historian Sam Bass Warner, geographer and landscape architect Deborah Karasov, and ecologist William Romme each explore the dynamics of land development decisions for their landscape ecological effects artist Chris Faust's photographs juxtapose the crass and mundane details of land use with the poetic power of ecological pattern.Every possible future landscape is the embodiment of some humanchoice. "Placing Nature" provides important insight for those who make such choices -- ecologists, ecosystem managers, watershed managers, conservation biologists, land developers, designers, planners -- and for all who wish to promote the ecological health of their communities.
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DURING EARLY HUMAN HISTORY, caring for the land was unnecessary; as a part of the natural world it took care of itself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
winter concentration areas, beauty that requires health, severe winter range, deborah karasov, aligning aesthetics, eville gorham, philosophical aestheticians, iverson nassauer, order upon the land, landscape ecology principles, scenic aesthetic, curt meine, indigenous ecosystems, cultural sustainability, landscape care, sustainable landscapes, intelligent care, landscape ecologists, aesthetic attention, settled landscapes, ecological function, urban conservation, ecological health, county planning department, aesthetic expectations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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DURING EARLY HUMAN HISTORY, caring for the land was unnecessary; as a part of the natural world it took care of itself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
winter concentration areas, beauty that requires health, severe winter range, deborah karasov, aligning aesthetics, eville gorham, philosophical aestheticians, iverson nassauer, order upon the land, landscape ecology principles, scenic aesthetic, curt meine, indigenous ecosystems, cultural sustainability, landscape care, sustainable landscapes, intelligent care, landscape ecologists, aesthetic attention, settled landscapes, ecological function, urban conservation, ecological health, county planning department, aesthetic expectations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Eagle Creek, United States, Department of Natural Resources, Island Press, Trout Unlimited, Minnesota River, North America, Cambridge University Press, New Urbanism, Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold, Oxford University Press, Forest Service, Land Mosaics, Metropolitan Council, Wild Earth, William Romme, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Rocky Mountain, Twin Cities, World War, Effects of Mountain Land Use Change, Green History of the World, Joan Nassauer New!
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- Landscape Ecology by Richard T. T. Forman on 9 pages
- A Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) by Aldo Leopold on 9 pages
- Principles of Conservation Biology, Third Edition by Martha J. Groom on 7 pages
- A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold on 4 pages
- A Thousand Acres: A Novel by Jane Smiley in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 22
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- Human Ecology: Following Nature's Lead by Dean Frederick Steiner on 4 pages
- The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics by Dominic Lopes on page 432, page 433, and page 434
- Issues and Perspectives in Landscape Ecology (Cambridge Studies in Landscape Ecology) by John A. Wiens on page 256, page 280, and page 372
- Road Ecology: Science and Solutions by Richard T.T. Forman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Oekologische Aesthetik: Theorie und Praxis künstlerischer Umweltgestaltung (German Edition) by Heike Strelow on page 173, and Back Matter
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