Nature by Design: People, Natural Process, and Ecological Restoration

By Eric S. Higgs

Book Overview

Ecological restoration is the process of repairing human damage to ecosystems. It involves reintroducing missing plants and animals, rebuilding soils, eliminating hazardous substances, ripping up roads, and returning natural processes such as fire and flooding to places that thrive on their regular occurrence. Thousands of restoration projects take place in North America every year. In this volume, Eric Higgs argues that profound philosophical and cultural shifts accompany these projects. He explores the ethical and philosophical bases of restoration and the question of what constitutes good ecological restoration.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262083167
• ISBN13: 9780262083164
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"