Journal article
THE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH METAPHOR IN SCIENCE AND POLICY
Abstract
Ecosystem health' is an increasingly common metaphor in the langauge of science and policy. Given the prominence of both the ecosystem and health concepts within geography, this paper examines the meanings generated by the adoption of the metaphor for scientific research and for environmental policy on the North American Great Lakes. ‘Ecosystem' can be characterized as an entity, an abstract concept, or a perspective. As perspective, ecosystem …
Authors
Ross N; Eyles J; Cole D; Iannantuono A
Journal
Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 114–127
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
June 1997
DOI
10.1111/j.1541-0064.1997.tb01152.x
ISSN
0008-3658