Routledge Handbook of Biosecurity and Invasive Species (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Barker, Kezia; Francis, Robert A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the assessment and management of potentially dangerous infectious diseases, quarantined pests, invasive (alien) species, living modified organisms and biological weapons, from a multitude of perspectives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351131575
• Artikelnr.: 61429904

Autorenporträt

Kezia Barker is Lecturer in Geography in the Department of Geography at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. Robert A. Francis is Reader in Ecology in the Department of Geography, King's College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1: Knowledges 1. Characterising Invasives: Stages of Invasion 2. What is an invasive alien species? Discord, dissent and denialism 3. Indigenous biosecurity: Past, Present and Future 4. Geographies of Veterinary Knowledge and Practice 5. Watching the grass grow: how landholders learn to live with an invasive plant in conditions of uncertainty 6. Understanding emerging infectious disease PART 2: Thresholds 7. Forest ecosystems 8. Island ecosystems 9. Marine and coastal ecosystems 10. Species invasions in freshwater ecosystems 11. 'New' recombinant ecologies and their implications - with insights from Britain 12. Industrial agricultural environments 13. Urbanisation and globally networked cities 14. Gardens: perspectives and practices in relation to plants in motion PART 3: Practices 15. National biosecurity regimes: plant and animal bio-politics in the UK and China 16. The Future of Biosecurity Surveillance 17. Risk assessment for Invasive Species 18. The Emergency Modality: From The Use Of Figures To The Mobilization Of Affects 19. Biosecurity in the life sciences 20. Rewilding and invasion