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Nested Ecology
Edward T. Wimberley
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Description for Nested Ecology
" In doing so, Wimberley defines a new environmental philosophy and a new ecological ethic. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: RNA; RNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Nested Ecology provides a pragmatic and functional approach to realizing a sustainable environmental ethic. Edward T. Wimberley asserts that a practical ecological ethic must focus on human decision making within the context of larger social and environmental systems. Think of a set of mixing bowls, in which smaller bowls sit within larger ones. Wimberley sees the world in much the same way, with personal ecologies embedded in social ecologies that in turn are nested within natural ecologies. Wimberley urges a complete reconceptualization of the human place in the ecological hierarchy. Going beyond the physical realms in which people live and ... Read more
Nested Ecology provides a pragmatic and functional approach to realizing a sustainable environmental ethic. Edward T. Wimberley asserts that a practical ecological ethic must focus on human decision making within the context of larger social and environmental systems. Think of a set of mixing bowls, in which smaller bowls sit within larger ones. Wimberley sees the world in much the same way, with personal ecologies embedded in social ecologies that in turn are nested within natural ecologies. Wimberley urges a complete reconceptualization of the human place in the ecological hierarchy. Going beyond the physical realms in which people live and ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801891564
SKU
V9780801891564
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About Edward T. Wimberley
Edward T. Wimberley is a professor of ecological studies at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Reviews for Nested Ecology
This book makes for salutary reading for anyone who is seeking to understand current ecological thinking-and for a lawyer in particular it is hugely thought-provoking.
Karen Morrow Journal of Environmental Law 2011 Wimberley's concept of nested ecology is essential to rethinking the human role within the universe's natural ecological progression.
Scott Obernesser Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment ... Read more
Karen Morrow Journal of Environmental Law 2011 Wimberley's concept of nested ecology is essential to rethinking the human role within the universe's natural ecological progression.
Scott Obernesser Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment ... Read more