E-Book, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm
Reihe: Kultur und soziale Praxis
Gesing Working with Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-8394-3446-8
Verlag: transcript
Format: PDF
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An Ethnography of Coastal Protection
E-Book, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm
Reihe: Kultur und soziale Praxis
ISBN: 978-3-8394-3446-8
Verlag: transcript
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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.