Environments articles from August 2007

Environments archives from August 2007

Is there anything "good" about Everglades restoration?
August 1, 2007... Will restoration become a practice that turns out ecosystems as predictable commodities, in perfect order, according to the principles of technical expertise? Alternatively, will it remain a heterogeneous ambition, one...

On "is there anything "good" about Everglades restoration?".(COMMENTARY)
August 1, 2007... William O'Brien and Jennifer McIvor pose an elegant general question: how do large-scale top-down restoration projects fare against expanded definitions of restoration? The Everglades restoration project is a terrific case to examine, although...

Restoration in mind: placing ecological restoration in a cultural context.(Report)
August 1, 2007... Introduction A dry stream, a disappearing forest, and a vision of what used to be: this is how many restoration projects begin. Wanting to restore the landscape that once existed in a place, people research, plan, organize, and plant. They...

Capturing the past and planning for the future: building a digital library for Oregon's Sustainable Community.(Report)
August 1, 2007... Introduction Portland, Oregon has a reputation for strong land use planning, protecting green space, and investing in a regional transportation system. Various reports, maps, meeting notes and other planning documentation have been...

Linking integrated community sustainability planning and watershed planning in Ontario, Canada.(Report)
August 1, 2007... Introduction Watershed planning is continuing to move in the direction of integrated resource management in the Province of Ontario, Canada. For example, the focus of watershed management has evolved since the creation of Ontario's...

Motivations, training and supervision of volunteers in conservation.(RESEARCH NOTE)
August 1, 2007... Introduction Ecological monitoring is widely regarded as fundamental to the protection, utilization and management of the Earth's natural resources (Vaughan et al. 2001, Firbank et al. 2003, Spellerberg 2005). By its very nature,...

Sustainability and the city: introduction.(SPECIAL SECTION)
August 1, 2007... The three papers in this special section originated as presentations of a panel at the 2006 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences held at York University. Since the Congress theme was "The City," the topic of "Sustainability and the...

Community-based solutions to urban sustainability.
August 1, 2007... Urban sustainability is going to be the challenge of this century. The world's urban population is expected to reach 5.1 billion by 2025--with urban defined as any settlement of at least 2000 residents (Oucho, 2001). This means that by 2025,...

Genuine wealth: building economies of well-being.(Essay)
August 1, 2007... Robert Kennedy, in one of his last public speeches in 1968, noted that "Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things." He went on with a stinging...

Sustainable cities: fact or fiction?(Essay)
August 1, 2007... What makes a city sustainable? Is it a question of limits or scale--can a city be too big, can a community be too small to be sustainable? Or is it the most energy-efficient state-of-the-art green buildings and recycling programs that make a...

Immortal River: The Upper Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times.(Book review)
August 1, 2007... Immortal River: The Upper Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times Fremling, Calvin R. 2005. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 472 pages, ISBN 0-299-20290-9 (cloth) / ISBN 0-299-20294-1 (paper), CDN $70.00 (cloth), CDN...

The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Values.(Book review)
August 1, 2007... The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Values Kalof, Linda and Terre Satterfield (eds.) 2005. London: Earthscan, 368 pages, ISBN 1-84407-1677 (hardcover)/1-84407-1669 (paper), [pounds sterling]80.00 (hardcover), [pounds sterling]22.95...

Challenged Earth: An Overview of Humanity's Stewardship of Earth.(Book review)
August 1, 2007... Challenged Earth: An Overview of Humanity's Stewardship of Earth Lincoln, Stephen F. 2006. London: Imperial College Press, 533 pages, ISBN 1-86094-526-0 (hardcover), [pounds sterling]34.00 (hardcover) This is an ambitious book,...

Deep Futures: Our Prospects for Survival.(Book review)
August 1, 2007... Deep Futures: Our Prospects for Survival Cocks, D. 2003. Montreal, QC and Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2671-4 (cloth)/ 0-7735-2672-2 (paper), CDN $80.00 (cloth), CDN $32.95 (paper). How will we be able to...