TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jordan,William R.
TI  - The sunflower forest: ecological restoration and the new communion with nature 
SN  - 9780520928480
AV  - QH541.15.R45 .J679 2003 
U1  - 333.951333.95153 
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Restoration ecology
KW  - Réhabilitation (Écologie)
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Real Estate
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Weeding Key Biscayne -- The challenge of reinhabitation -- Paradigms of community -- Awareness: restoration as a way of seeing, and as work and play -- The exchange: restoration as repayment, and the gift of ecological immortality -- Value and make-believe: a primer on performance -- Sacrifice and celebration: restoration as a performing art -- Sacrifice and celebration: restoration as a performing art -- Conservation and community: restoration, the environment, and environmentalism
N2  - "Ecological restoration, the attempt to guide damaged ecosystems back to a previous, usually healthier or more natural, condition, is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most promising approaches to conservation. In this book, William R. Jordan III, who coined the term "restoration ecology," and who is widely respected as an intellectual leader in the field, outlines a vision for a restoration-based environmentalism that has emerged from his work over twenty-five years. Drawing on a provocative range of thinkers, from anthropologists Victor Turner, Roy Rappaport, and Mary Douglas to literary critics Frederick Turner, Leo Marx, and R.W.B. Lewis, Jordan explores the promise of restoration, both as a way of reversing environmental damage and as a context for negotiating our relationship with nature. Exploring restoration not only as a technology but also as an experience and a performing art, Jordan claims that it is the indispensable key to conservation. At the same time, he argues, restoration is valuable because it provides a context for confronting the most troubling aspects of our relationship with nature."--Provided by publisher
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