Working with Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand

An Ethnography of Coastal Protection
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-8376-3446-4
Verlag: Transcript Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Kt, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 563 g

Reihe: Kultur und soziale Praxis

Working with nature - and not against it - is a global trend in coastal management. This ethnography of coastal protection follows the increasingly popular approach of "soft" protection to the Aotearoa New Zealand coast. Friederike Gesing analyses a political controversy over hard and soft protection measures, and introduces a growing community of practice involved in projects of working with nature. Dune restoration volunteers, coastal management experts, surfer-scientists, and Maori conservationists are engaged in projects ranging from do-it-yourself erosion control, to the reconstruction of native nature, and soft engineering "in concert with natural processes". With soft protection, Gesing argues, we can witness a new sociotechnical imaginary in the making.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gesing, Friederike

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Umwelt und Kultur, Kulturökologie

Über Autor(innen)

Gesing, Friederike
Friederike Gesing (Dr.) is a senior researcher at artec Sustainability Research Center, University of Bremen. She works on sociomaterial practices of coastal protection and transnational climate policy.

Friederike Gesing (Dr.) is a senior researcher at artec Sustainability Research Center, University of Bremen. She works on sociomaterial practices of coastal protection and transnational climate policy.