Making Nature Whole A History of Ecological Restoration /

• Main Authors: Jordan, William R. (Author), Lubick, George M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2011.
• Series: The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration
• Subjects: Environment.; Ecosystems.; Landscape ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Nature conservation.; Environmental Management.; Landscape Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Nature Conservation.

Making Nature Whole is a seminal volume that presents an in-depth history of the field of ecological restoration as it has developed in the United States over the last three decades. The authors draw from both published and unpublished sources, including archival materials and oral histories from ea...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Deep History
• 2. Run-Up
• 3. Preconditions
• 4. Invention
• 5. Neglect
• 6. Realization I: Stepping-Stones
• 7. Realization II: Taking Hold
• 8. Realization III: Finding a Voice
• 9. Realization IV: Getting Real
• 10. Realization V: The Relationship
• 11. Current Thinking
• Notes
• Index.