TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lave,Rebecca
TI  - Fields and streams: stream restoration, neoliberalism, and the future of environmental science 
T2  - Geographies of justice and social transformation
SN  - 9780820343921 (paperback)
AV  - QH76 .L38 2012
U1  - 333.9162153 LAV 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Athens
PB  - University of Georgia Press
KW  - Rosgen, David L.
KW  - Stream restoration
KW  - United States
KW  - Neoliberalism
KW  - Environmental sciences
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1989-
KW  - Environmental conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p.147-157) and index; Stream Restoration and Natural Channel Design -- The History of Stream Restoration and the Rise of Rosgen -- Capital Conflicts -- Building a Base of Support -- The Political Economy of Stream Restoration -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Interview and Survey Metadata
N2  - Examining the science of stream restoration, Rebecca Lave argues that the neoliberal emphasis on the privatization and commercialization of knowledge has fundamentally changed the way that science is funded, organized, and viewed in the United States. Stream restoration science and practice is in a startling state. The most widely respected expert in the field, Dave Rosgen, is a private consultant with relatively little formal scientific training. Since the mid-1990s, many academic and federal agency-based scientists have denounced Rosgen as a charlatan and a hack. Despite this, Rosgen's Natur
ER  -