An Ecological Concept of Wilderness.

Many share the conviction that wilderness should play a special role in any environmental ethic, even though the concept of wilderness remains contentious. Ever since it has been recognized that the traditional concept of a wilderness as a region ''untrammeled'' by human beings has a number of intra...

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Publicado en:Ethics & the Environment Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 25 - 45
Autor principal: DeLancey, Craig
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Indiana University Press Spring2012
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