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 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. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fau.edu/oai:fau.digital.flvc.org:fau_34566 |
| Contributors | Maki, Iiro (author), Harris, Michael S. (Thesis advisor), Florida Atlantic University (Degree grantor), Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology |
| Publisher | Florida Atlantic University |
| Source Sets | Florida Atlantic University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 123 p., application/pdf |
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