Overview
- Provides readers with an introduction to the concept of ecological wisdom
- Positions ecological wisdom as a new scientific and practical approach to socio-ecological development distinct from and capable of synthesizing previously articulated perspectives such as modernity or traditional wisdom
- Provides readers with successful interdisciplinary, historical and contemporary examples of projects that demonstrate the effective deployments of ecological wisdom
Part of the book series: EcoWISE (EcoWISE)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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From Natural Resources to Living Communities: Frameworks for Interventions
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From Natural Resources to Living Communities: Vernacular Water Systems
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From Built Environments to Living Cities: Architecture and Design
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From Built Environments to Living Cities: Engineering and Materials
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Planning Living City and Regions: Rural to Urban
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Planning Living City and Regions: Urban
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About this book
This book offers an introduction to the theory and practice of ecological wisdom (EW). EW is the integration of robust contemporary science with proven cultural and historical practices to identify long-term, sustainable solutions to problems of environmental management and urban design. The book combines theoretical concepts with specific case studies, illustrating the opportunities for interdisciplinary approaches combining historical experience, cultural context, and contemporary science as effective strategies for addressing complex problems confronting metropolitan and rural environmental and resource management in areas such as land use, water management, materials and building engineering, urban planning, and architecture and design. EW transcends the limitations in these fields of the normative approaches of modernity or traditional wisdom by offering a new, synthetic strategy to address socio-ecological issues. By presenting these ideas both theoretically and through existing case studies, the book provides researchers, practitioners and students with a powerful new perspective in developing long-term, resilient solutions to existing socio-environmental challenges.
It is intended mainly for those working or interested in the fields of sustainable environmental and resource management, city and regional planning, architecture and design, civil engineering, landscape architecture, and the philosophy of science, particularly those with an ecological or sustainability focus.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ecological Wisdom
Book Subtitle: Theory and Practice
Editors: Bo Yang, Robert Fredrick Young
Series Title: EcoWISE
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0571-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0570-2Published: 12 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0571-9Published: 16 January 2019
Series ISSN: 2367-0029
Series E-ISSN: 2367-0037
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 312
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 58 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Urban Ecology, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Environmental Philosophy, Civil Engineering, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management