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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Bioregionalism"”.
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Wildhoods: Bioregionalism and the Child Figure in Contemporary Canadian Literature
… to the natural environment through the lens of bioregionalism in contemporary Canadian coming-of-age fiction. In uniting the Canadian child, nature, and an ecological perspective together, I argue that bioregionalism is relevant to coming-of-age narratives and that four specific bioregional …
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A new model towards sustainable socio-economic development using the principles of bioregionalism, illustrated through a case study in SW Botswana
According to Brunkhorst (2001) and Raeberg (1997), governments who are responsible for regional (territorial) planning are in effect planning blindly as they are not taking into account the brilliant work done in related fields which could change their attitude towards planning, design, ecology & …
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Land use change and bordering in the Greater Mapungubwe transfrontier conservation area
This study uses bioregionalism and bordering as a lens for understanding the construction of Mapungubwe as a transfrontier conservation area and the effects of that process on biodiversity, the local economy and local communities. The main assumption underlying the study is that transfrontier …
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Fifty Years on the Fringe: Murray Bookchin and the American Revolutionary Tradition, 1921-1971
… for the American Environmental Movement and bioregionalism.
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Fifty Years on the Fringe: Murray Bookchin and the American Revolutionary Tradition, 1921-1971
… for the American Environmental Movement and bioregionalism.
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Charting the ephemeral : sound installation as embodied, synsonic mapping
… site-specificity, map making and map use, bioregionalism, meteorology and the history of weather maps, radar, spaces of representation, proxemics, architecture, and embodiment. Through these different interrogations, the sound installation is understood as an aural cartographic process that …
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Bioregions and future state visioning: a visually integrative approach to the presentation of information for environmental policy and management.
… explores the comparatively new philosophy of bioregionalism to see what it might have to offer the environmental management process. The foundations of bioregional philosophy stretch back into the early part of last century with roots in the thinking of the early 'anarchist geographers' such …
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Design Process to Integrate Natural and Human Systems
… environment. Suitability analysis by Ian McHarg, Bioregionalism by Clair Reiniger, Regenerative design process by Lyle, and Framework for ecological design by Prof. Carl Steinitz are various design processes to create developments, which can respond to both natural and human needs. The thesis …
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Rebuilding the city from an ecological perspective
… principles of Deep Ecology, Social Ecology and Bioregionalism demonstrate an ecological wisdom and perspective found to be absent in Eco-development and environmentalism. This difference is directly translatable to design theory. Neotraditionalism is argued as embodying a mainstream "reformist" …
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Trigger Point Theory as Aesthetic Activism
… approaches are essential to restoring resilient bioregionalism. It introduces the author’s own heuristic perspectives and methodologies and demonstrates how they may be integrated with technology and science. The problems of accelerated loss of coastal (littoral) zone biodiversity, degraded water …
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Reconciling biodiversity preservation and local sustainable development : the role of the "MAB biosphere reserves" in the South-Eastern European countries
… bioregional studies and the implication of the Bioregionalism in the natural resources management are considered; the conceptual evolution of the regional studies in geography and their links with the evolving issue of the development (namely, development, human development and sustainable …
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a South Texas Rangeland Curriculum on Student Knowledge, Understanding, and Appreciation
Rangelands are an important part of the ecological, social and cultural aspects of Texas heritage, and as students appear to be losing touch with the outside world, it is increasingly important to expose these students to rangelands communities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the …
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Sustainable Wastewater Treatment in the American South
<p>Aging infrastructure and changing social and environmental conditions are two factors that are currently pushing wastewater treatment towards more sustainable methods. This thesis investigates what sustainable treatment technologies are being used in the American South through a focused sample …