Industrialized Nature

Name: Industrialized Nature
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Brute Force Technology and the Transformation of the Natural World

Autor: Paul R. Josephson

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Wydawca: Island Press

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In this volume Josephson provides an examination of the ways in which science, engineering, policy,...

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Autor

Paul R. Josephson

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

2002

strony

276

EAN

9781559637770

Enbook ID

04810540

Wydawca

Island Press

Waga

562

Wymiary

162 x 236 x 31

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In this volume Josephson provides an examination of the ways in which science, engineering, policy, finance and hubris have come together, often with unforeseen consequences, to perpetuate what he calls "brute-force technologies" - large-scale systems created to manage water, forest and fish resources. Throughout the 20th century, nations with quite different political systems and economic orientations all pursued this same technological subjugation of nature. Josephson compares the Soviet Union's heavy-handed efforts at resource management to similar projects undertaken in the US, Norway, Brazil and China. He argues that "brute-force technologies" require brute-force politics to operate. He shows how irresponsible - or well-intentioned but misguided - large-scale manipulation of nature has resulted in resource loss and severe environmental degradation. He explores the ongoing industrialization of nature that is happening in our own backyards and around the world. Both a cautionary tale and a call for action, Josephson urges us to consider how to develop a future for succeeding generations that avoids the pitfalls of brute-force technologies.

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