Organizing Nature: Turning Canada's Ecosystems into Resources

Author:   Alice Cohen ,  Andrew Biro
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
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9781487594848


Pages:   282
Publication Date:   07 June 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Alice Cohen ,  Andrew Biro
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781487594848


ISBN 10:   1487594844
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   07 June 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"""Engaging and accessible! Organizing Nature takes aim at a complex relationship - the one between society and environment - and illustrates in clear terms its symbiotic character. From fish to forests, the authors show how Canadians impact their environment. But the reader is also asked to reflect on how Canada's nature and natural resources influence the very fabric of the country's political and social institutions as well as the resulting policy (or policy failure)."" - Andrea Olive, Professor in the Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Environment and the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Mississauga ""Lucid and engaging, this must-read analysis charts a compelling path for the future of environmental and resource management in Canada."" - Karen Bakker, Professor in the Department of Geography, University of British Columbia ""The idea that our environmental ills began with ideas turning 'nature' into 'natural resources' has been around for many years. But rarely has this idea been developed empirically so fully and explained so clearly. Focusing on the Canadian experience, Cohen and Biro give us a fascinating and richly developed account of the 'channels' through which this transformation has occurred, and at the same time how society has been shaped by these transformations of water, forests, coal and oil, fish, land, and bodies from ecological phenomena into resources. A brilliant way into the study of environmental politics."" - Matthew Paterson, Director, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester"


"""Engaging and accessible! Organizing Nature takes aim at a complex relationship - the one between society and environment - and illustrates in clear terms its symbiotic character. From fish to forests, the authors show how Canadians impact their environment. But the reader is also asked to reflect on how Canada's nature and natural resources influence the very fabric of the country's political and social institutions as well as the resulting policy (or policy failure).""--Andrea Olive, Professor in the Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Environment and the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Mississauga ""The idea that our environmental ills began with ideas turning 'nature' into 'natural resources' has been around for many years. But rarely has this idea been developed empirically so fully and explained so clearly. Focusing on the Canadian experience, Cohen and Biro give us a fascinating and richly developed account of the 'channels' through which this transformation has occurred, and at the same time how society has been shaped by these transformations of water, forests, coal and oil, fish, land, and bodies from ecological phenomena into resources. A brilliant way into the study of environmental politics.""--Matthew Paterson, Director, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester ""Lucid and engaging, this must-read analysis charts a compelling path for the future of environmental and resource management in Canada.""--Karen Bakker, Professor in the Department of Geography, University of British Columbia"


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Alice Cohen is a professor in the Departments of Earth and Environmental Science and the Environmental and Sustainability Studies program at Acadia University. Andrew Biro is a professor in the Department of Politics at Acadia University.

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