Ecological Sustainability and Integrity Concepts and Approaches

About this book

Brings together experts from ecology, public policy, philosophy, and economics in order to explore the concepts of sustainability and ecological integrity.

Contents

Part I: Sustainability in Relation to Science, Law, and Ethics. 1. The Concept of Sustainability: A Critical Approach; L.K. Caldwell. 2. Sustainability and Environmental Ethics; K. Shrader-Frechette. 3. Ecological Sustainability as a Conservation Concept; J.B. Callicott, K. Mumford. 4. Investigating Individual Motives for Environmental Action: Lexicographic Preferences, Beliefs and Attitudes; C.L. Spash. 5. Biocentrism and Ecological Integrity; J.P. Sterba. 6. Burden of Proof Requirements and Environmental Sustainability: Science, Public Policy, and Ethics; J. Lemons. Part II: Sustainability and Ecological Integrity: Problems in Natural Resources. 7. Water Resources: Agriculture, the Environment, and Ethics; D. Pimentel, et al. 8. Canada's Model Forest Program: The Manitoba Experience; P. Miller. 9. The Ratchet Effect; C.F. Jordan. 10. Sustaining World Fisheries Resources: An Ethical Dilemma; C.F. Cole. 11. Traditional Sustainability: A Case Study of Floodplain Fisheries Management in West Africa; R. Victor. Part III: Approaches to Public Policy. 12. The Federal Ecosystem Management Initiative in the United States; C.R. Malone. 13. Sustainability, Growth and Distributive Justice: Questioning Environmental Absolutism; T. Schrecker. 14. Environmental Sustainability in Agriculture: Bioethical and Religious Arguments Against Carnivory; R. Goodland. 15. Why We Need a Non- Anthropocentric Environmental Evaluation of Technology for Public Policy; L. Westra. 16. Coping with 2050; R.A. Carpenter.

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