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OverviewWorking with nature - and not against it - is a global trend in coastal management. This ethnography of coastal protection follows the increasingly popular approach of ""soft"" protection to the Aotearoa New Zealand coast. Friederike Gesing analyses a political controversy over hard and soft protection measures, and introduces a growing community of practice involved in projects of working with nature. Dune restoration volunteers, coastal management experts, surfer-scientists, and Maori conservationists are engaged in projects ranging from do-it-yourself erosion control, to the reconstruction of native nature, and soft engineering ""in concert with natural processes"". With soft protection, Gesing argues, we can witness a new sociotechnical imaginary in the making. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Friederike GesingPublisher: Transcript Verlag Imprint: Transcript Verlag Dimensions: Width: 1.50cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.30cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9783837634464ISBN 10: 3837634469 Pages: 356 Publication Date: 27 June 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationFriederike Gesing (Dr.) is a senior researcher at artec Sustainability Research Center, University of Bremen. She works on sociomaterial practices of coastal protection and transnational climate policy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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