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dc.contributor.authorKristan Cockerill-
dc.contributor.editorMelanie Armstrong-
dc.contributor.editorJennifer Richter-
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-04T07:02:52Z-
dc.date.available2018-09-04T07:02:52Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-319-52824-3-
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/458-
dc.descriptionLabeling a problem “environmental” creates a pervasive belief that science and technology can, should, and will generate solutions for issues ranging from pandemic disease to stream functions to nuclear contamination. These, however, are “wicked problems” that defy simple or long-term solutions, but rather must be continually managed. Further, what are defined in the twenty-first century as “environmental problems” are often the consequence of perceived “solutions” implemented in a previous era. The perception of these issues as problems is derived, in part, from Enlightenment ideas segregating Homo sapiens from nature and a belief that humans can contain or control biophysical processes. Solutionist thinking and language perpetuates a self-referential problem-solution-problem cycle that begs the question of what constitutes a “solution” and simultaneously elides the reality that human systems and biophysical systems are inseparable.-
dc.languageenen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillanen_US
dc.subjectChallenging Solutionsen_US
dc.titleEnvironmental Realismen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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