Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Book chapters |
| DOI | 10.1016/S1479-3520(06)10003-3 |
| Title (Primary) | Community by experiment: recursive practice in landscape design and ecological restoration |
| Title (Secondary) | Community and ecology - dynamics of place, sustainability, and politics |
| Author | Gross, M. |
| Publisher | McCright, A.M.; Clark, T.N. |
| Source Titel | Research in Urban Policy |
| Year | 2006 |
| Department | SUSOZ |
| Volume | 10 |
| Page From | 43 |
| Page To | 62 |
| Language | englisch |
| Abstract | This chapter uses the concept of real-world experiments to describe ecological activity that occurs in the wider human community. The case discussed is an ecological restoration project at Montrose Point, a peninsula in Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago. In the restoration of Montrose Point, the scientific importance of ecological science is not juxtaposed with the seemingly irrational ideas of the human community, but the human community becomes a part of scientific work. Like experiments in the laboratory, real-world experiments often bring surprises. However, if ecological restoration is recognized to be inherently uncertain, surprises become opportunities to learn rather than failures. The chapter concludes with a discussion how a real-world experimental strategy can help to handle surprises via alternate phases of corroboration by recursive practice. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=2663 |
| Gross, M. (2006): Community by experiment: recursive practice in landscape design and ecological restoration In: McCright, A.M., Clark, T.N. (eds.) Community and ecology - dynamics of place, sustainability, and politics Research in Urban Policy 10 Emerald, Bingley, p. 43 - 62 10.1016/S1479-3520(06)10003-3 |
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