The Role of Naturalness in Ecological Restoration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15445259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicole M Evans (0000-0002-8181-1125, University of Illinois System, corresponding author), William P Stewart (0000-0001-5819-9540, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 232-252 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nature and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1558-6073 • E-ISSN: 1558-5468 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/nc.2018.130203 |
| OpenAlex | W2807947095 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 40 |
While ecological restoration may help bridge the nature-culture gap, restoration still holds relevant meanings for naturalness, as demonstrated in this case study of staff and volunteers in the Cook County Forest Preserves (CCFP) in Illinois, United States. Translating naturalness as an agency policy into restoration goals for sites, CCFP integrated historical evidence, ecological science, and human values. Naturalness was constructed as historical fidelity, a scientific designation to be objectively discovered, while the scales at which people interpreted historical fidelity, namely, species, communities, processes, and practices, were sites of value deliberation. The multiple renderings of naturalness can be a strength that provides flexibility to restore what is locally valued, constructing restoration projects that acknowledge, rather than attempt to overcome, the constructed nature of naturalness
Agency (philosophy · Anthropic principle · Deliberation · Environmental ethics · Environmental resource management · Epistemology · Fidelity · Naturalness · Physics · Political science · Politics · Restoration Ecology · Social science · Sociology · Unintended consequences · Computer Science · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Environmental Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Law · Ecology
Current Normative Concepts in Conservation
What Is Natural? The Need for a Long-Term Perspective in Biodiversity Conservation
Ecosystem services and the idea of shared values
Ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes toward the environment
Keywords (Routledge Revivals)
Using Metaphors in Restoring Nature
Examining Restoration Goals at a Former Military Site
Urban Park Restoration and the "Museumification" of Nature
Did you say reference conditions? Ecological and socio-economic perspectives on the European Water Framework Directive
Public Understandings of Nature
Public Understandings of Nature
Continuous Variations
The Ecological Indian
The co-production of science and waterscapes
Nature, culture, and the work of physical geography
Modernity and Hybridity
The Social Construction of What
The European Water Framework Directive
Mapping knowledge controversies
What is the 'social construction of nature'? A typology and sympathetic critique
Which Fish? Knowledge, Articulation, and Legitimization in Claims about Endangered and Culturally Significant Animals
The Mangle of Practice
Faking it? The multiple meanings of environmental restoration near Twyford Down
Landscapes
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |