Fields and streams : stream restoration, neoliberalism, and the future of environmental science / Rebecca Lave.

By:

Lave, Rebecca, 1970-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 12Publication details: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2012.Description: xiii, 170 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780820343921 (paperback)
9780820343914 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.9162153 LAV 23 DS0973

LOC classification:

QH76 .L38 2012

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	David Satterthwaite Collection	333.9162153 LAV DS0973 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		DS0973

Includes bibliographical references (p.147-157) and index.

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.

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