Restoring Nature

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Restoring Nature: Human Actions, Interactions, and Reactions Paul H. Gobster
 
PART I. Philosophy and Rationale of Restoration
Chapter 1. Restoration, Community, and Wilderness William R. Jordan III
Chapter 2. Another Look at Restoration: Technology and Artificial Nature Eric Katz
Chapter 3. Ecological Restoration and the Culture of Nature: A Pragmatic Perspective Andrew Light
Chapter 4. Restoring Nature in American Culture: An Environmental Aesthetic Perspective Cheryl Foster
 
PART II. Conflict over Which Nature to Restore
Chapter 5. The Language of Nature Matters: We Need a More Public Ecology R. Brnce Hull and David P. Robertson
Chpater 6. Constructing Nature as Constructing Science: Expertise, Activist Science, and Public Conflict in the Chicago Wilderness Reid M. Helford
Chapter 7. Public Values, Opinions, and Emotions in Restoration Controversies Joanne Vining, Elizabeth Tyler, and Byoung-Suk Kweon
Chapter 8. Restoration, the Value of Participation, and the Risks of Professionalization Andrew Light
 
PART III. Making Restoration Happen: Process and Implementation
Chapter 9. Negotiating Nature: Making Restoration Happen in an Urban Park Context Paul H. Gobster and Susan C. Barro
Chapter 10. A People-Centered Approach to Designing and Managing Restoration Projects: Insights from Understanding Attachment to Urban Natural Areas Robert L. Ryan
Chapter 11. Managing Naturalness as a Continuum: Setting Limits of Acceptable Change Mark W Brunson
 
PART IV. Making and Maintaining Restored Environments
Chapter 12. The Restoration Experience: Volunteers' Motives, Values, and Concepts of Nature Herbert W Schroeder
Chapter 13. Psychological Benefits of Volunteering in Stewardship Programs Robert E. Grese, Rachel Kaplan, Robert L. Ryan, and Jane Buxton
Chapter 14. Lessons for Restoration in the Traditions of Stewardship: Sustainable Land Management in Northern New Mexico Carol Raish
Conclusion: Which Nature? R. Bruce Hull and David P. Robertson
 
Contributors
Index