Redefining ecological engineering to promote its integration with sustainable development and tighten its links with the whole of ecology
Ecological EngineeringPublished 14 February 2008Open access
Frédéric Gosselin
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Abstract
/ L'ingénierie écologique est une notion qui date de plusieurs décennies, à la fois dans la sphère scientifique et, en France, dans la gestion. Elle semble néanmoins monter en puissance depuis quelques années, sous forme de discipline académique, et dans les discours des scientifiques. Après avoir résumé les propos de Barbault et Pavé (2003) expliquant cet état de fait, l'auteur propose une définition de l'ingénierie écologique qui soit compatible avec les deux déterminants principaux qui justifient sa ré-émergence : la notion de développement durable, et les disciplines appliquées de l'écologie. L'auteur précise ensuite certains des problèmes et caractéristiques associés à cette définition de l'ingénierie écologique.
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