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Interview with Maxie Simmons – ca. 2008
Title
Interview with Maxie Simmons – ca. 2008.
Creator
Simmons, Maxie, Knight, Robert, Feeley, Margaret K.
Date Issued
2008-02-08
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT78826
Subject Headings
Krome, Isabelle B., Krome, William J., Horticulture -- Florida, Homestead (Fla.), Everglades (Fla.), Florida -- History, Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
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Landscaping Practices, Environmental Ethics, and Sustainability in South Florida
Title
Landscaping Practices, Environmental Ethics, and Sustainability in South Florida.
Creator
Maki, Iiro, Harris, Michael S., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description
The research conducted for this thesis explores the link between environmental ethics and household landscaping practices. The central issue of any concept of sustainability is the incommensurability of various elements that define approaches, which is why it is treated here as a politicoethical process of subjective valuation. The ethics of sustainability were delineated according to major currents in environmental ethics, as well as briefly illustrated in the context of a broad discussion...
Show moreThe research conducted for this thesis explores the link between environmental ethics and household landscaping practices. The central issue of any concept of sustainability is the incommensurability of various elements that define approaches, which is why it is treated here as a politicoethical process of subjective valuation. The ethics of sustainability were delineated according to major currents in environmental ethics, as well as briefly illustrated in the context of a broad discussion of climate change and resource availability, with some examples of strategies at different institutional levels. An online survey of 87 participants provided responses about local landscaping practices, environmental concerns, environmental ethics, and landscaping aesthetics at the household level. Quantitative analyses of the data yielded significant, but lowstrength correlations between environmentally sustainable landscaping practices and environmental ethics.
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Date Issued
2017
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004835, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004835
Subject Headings
Lawn ecology--United States--Florida., Environmental ethics., Sustainability., Landscape architecture--Environmental aspects., Landscape architecture--Moral and ethical aspects., Sustainable horticulture--United States--Florida.
Format
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