| Author |
Krasny, Marianne E.,
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| Series |
Urban and industrial environments. |
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Urban and industrial environments.
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| Subject |
Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Human ecology.
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Community development.
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Environmental protection -- Citizen participation.
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| Alt Name |
Tidball, Keith G.,
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| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
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polychrome rdacc |
| Note |
Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Principled Chapter; I Emergence: Why Do Civic Ecology Practices Happen?; 1 Broken Places; Steward Story: Monique Pilié; 2 Love of Life, Love of Place; Steward Story: Nilka Martell; The First Interlude; II Bricolage: Piecing the Practice Together; 3 Creating Community, Creating Connections; Steward Story: Kazem Nadjariun; 4 Oyster Spat and Live Oaks-Memories; Gallery of Places; 5 Ecosystem Services: What's Nature-Including Humans-Got to Offer?; Steward Story: Helga Garduhn and Marian Przybilla; 6 Stewardship, Health, and Well-Being. |
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Steward Story: Ben Haberthur7 Learning like Bees; Steward Story: Andre Rivera; The Second Interlude; III Zooming Out: A Systems Perspective; 8 Governance; Steward Story: Nam-sun Park; 9 Resistance, Remembrance, Revolt-and Resilience; Steward Story: Mandla Mentoor; The Third Interlude; IV Policy Entrepreneurs: Understanding and Enabling; 10 Policy Frameworks: Scaling Civic Ecology Practices Up and Out; Afterword: Moving Forward; Notes; Resources; Index; Urban and Industrial Environments Series List. |
| Summary |
Stories of environmental stewardship in communities from New Orleans to Soweto accompany an interdisciplinary framework for understanding civic ecology as a global phenomenon. |
| ISBN |
9780262327169 (electronic bk.) |
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0262327163 (electronic bk.) |
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9780262327176 (electronic bk.) |
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0262327171 (electronic bk.) |
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9780262527170 (print) |
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9780262028653 (print) |
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0262028654 |
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0262527170 |
| OCLC # |
900864417 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Krasny, Marianne E. Civic ecology : adaptation and transformation from the ground up. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, ©2015 xxiii, 293 pages Urban and industrial environments. 9780262527170. |
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