Nature, Temporality and Environmental Management: Scandinavian and Australian perspectives on peoples...

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Lesley Head (University of Wollongong, Australia) Katarina Saltzman

Nature, Temporality and Environmental Management

Scandinavian and Australian perspectives on peoples and landscapes

Lesley Head (University of Wollongong, Australia), Katarina Saltzman, Gunhild Setten , Marie Stenseke

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English

Routledge
02 August 2016

Human geography; Management of land & natural resources

How are different concepts of nature and time embedded into human practices of landscape and environmental management? And how can temporalities that entwine past, present and future help us deal with challenges on the ground? In a time of uncertainty and climate change, how much can we hold onto ideals of nature rooted in a pristine and stable past? The Scandinavian and Australian perspectives in this book throw fresh light on these questions and explore new possibilities and challenges in uncertain and changing landscapes of the future.

This book presents examples from farmers, gardens and Indigenous communities, among others, and shows that many people and communities are already actively engaging with environmental change and uncertainty. The book is structured around four themes; environmental futures, mobile natures, indigenous and colonial legacies, heritage and management. Part I includes important contributions towards contemporary environmental management debates, yet the chapters in this section also show how the legacy of older landscapes forms part of the active production of future ones. Part II examines the challenges of living with mobile natures, as it is acknowledged that environments, natures and people do not stand still. An important dimension of the heritage and contemporary politics of Australia, Sweden and Norway is the presence of indigenous peoples. As is clear in part III, the legacies of the colonial past both haunt and energise contemporary land management decisions. Finally, part IV demonstrates how the history and heritage of landscapes, including human activities in those landscapes, are entwined with contemporary environmental management.

The rich empirical content of the chapters exposes the diversity of meanings, practices, and ways of being in nature that can be derived from cultural environmental research in different disciplines. The everyday engagements between people, nature and temporalities provide important creative resources with which to meet future challenges.

Edited by: Lesley Head (University of Wollongong Australia), Katarina Saltzman, Gunhild Setten, Marie Stenseke
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781472464651
ISBN 10: 1472464656
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 02 August 2016
Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Further / Higher Education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lesley Head is Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Head of the School of Geography at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Katarina Saltzman is Associate Professor at the Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Gunhild Setten is Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Marie Stenseke is Professor in Human Geography at the Department of Economy and Society, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Fellow of The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.