Restoring layered landscapes : history, ecology, and culture

Restoring layered landscapes : history, ecology, and culture / edited by Marion Hourdequin and David G. Havlick.

'Restoring Layered Landscapes' explores ecological restoration in complex landscapes, where ecosystems intertwine with important sociopolitical meanings.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hourdequin, Marion (Editor), Havlick, David G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Restoration ecology.
Landscape ecology.
Historic preservation.
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration.
historic preservation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Historic preservation
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration
Landscape ecology
Restoration ecology
Historische Stätte
Landschaftsökologie
Rekultivierung
Denkmalschutz
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Restoring Layered Landscapes; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction: Ecological Restoration and Layered Landscapes; Part I Theoretical Perspectives on the Restoration of Layered Landscapes; 2 Ecological Restoration, Continuity, and Change; 3 The Different Faces of History in Postindustrial Landscapes; 4 Nature and Our Sense of Loss; 5 Layered Industrial Sites: Experimental Landscapes and the Virtues of Ignorance; Part II Approaching Layered Landscapes: Restoration in Context.
  • 6 Restoring Wildness to the Scottish Highlands: A Landscape of Legacies; 7 Environmental versus Natural Heritage Stewardship: Nova Scotia's Annapolis River and the Canadian Heritage River System; 8 "Get Lost in the Footnotes of History": The Restorative Afterlife of Rocky Flats, Colorado; 9 Restoration, History, and Values at Transitioning Military Sites in the United States; Part III Representation and Interpretation of Layered Landscapes; 10 Slavery, Freedom, and the Cultural Landscape.
  • 11 Renaturalization and Industrial Heritage in America's Largest Superfund Site: The Case of the Warm Springs Ponds in Montana's Clark Fork Superfund Site; 12 Material Transformations: Urban Art and Environmental Justice; 13 Layered Landscapes, Conflicting Narratives, and Environmental Art: Dealing with Painful Memories and Embarrassing Histories of Place; 14 Conclusion: Layered Landscapes as Models for Restoration and Conservation; Index.

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