| Title |
Conceptualization of Ecological Management: Practice, Frameworks and Philosophy |
| ID_Doc |
29794 |
| Authors |
Stojanovic, M |
| Title |
Conceptualization of Ecological Management: Practice, Frameworks and Philosophy |
| Year |
2019 |
| Published |
Journal Of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics, 32.0, 3 |
| DOI |
10.1007/s10806-019-09783-2 |
| Abstract |
This paper investigates practice, frameworks and philosophy in the field of ecological management, a novel integrative approach to closing the gap between ecological and economic theoretical models and ecological and economic behavior. First, I will present the current status in this emerging field and discuss management in relation to various sub-disciplines, including agroecology, circular economy, industrial ecology, and urban sustainability. This provides a basis to analyze the theoretical frameworks found in profitable, ecologically-based businesses and identify key general features that characterize this approach, notably the relationships between: an enterprise's diversity and its economic resiliency; zero waste policies and societal and environmental impacts; and affordances of the local environment and business' long-term economic viability. Finally, the philosophical issues looming behind are discussed, notably problems regarding interdisciplinarity and the relation of ethical frameworks with management. Through use of the model-centered philosophy of science to disentangle some of these conceptual problems, I argue that ecological management has a unique place in sustainable development as an independent exploratory tool for constructing and testing economic and ethical models in the Anthropocene. |
| Author Keywords |
Ecological management; Ecological economics; Exploratory ethics; Ethics as design; Model-centered philosophy of science; Practical philosophy; Sustainability science |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI); Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000474414000006 |
| WoS Category |
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary; Ethics; Environmental Sciences; History & Philosophy Of Science |
| Research Area |
Agriculture; Social Sciences - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; History & Philosophy of Science |
| PDF |
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10806-019-09783-2.pdf
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