Bryan G. Norton
Georgia Institute of Technology
117 Papers
1.4K Citations
Bryan G. Norton is an academic researcher from Georgia Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sustainability & Ecosystem management. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 115 publications. Previous affiliations of Bryan G. Norton include University of South Florida Sarasota–Manatee & University of South Florida.
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Opinion: Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment
Kai M. A. Chan,Patricia Balvanera,Karina Benessaiah,Mollie Chapman,Sandra Díaz,Erik Gómez-Baggethun,Rachelle K. Gould,Neil Hannahs,Kurt Jax,Sarah C. Klain,Gary W. Luck,Berta Martín-López,Barbara Muraca,Bryan G. Norton,Konrad Ott,Unai Pascual,Terre Satterfield,Marc Tadaki,Jonathan Taggart,Nancy J. Turner +19 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that focusing only on instrumental or intrinsic values may fail to resonate with views on personal and collective well-being, or “what is right,” with regard to nature and the environment, and it is time to engage seriously with a third class of values, one with diverse roots and current expressions: relational values.
Where are Cultural and Social in Ecosystem Services? A Framework for Constructive Engagement
Kai M. A. Chan,Anne D. Guerry,Patricia Balvanera,Sarah C. Klain,Terre Satterfield,Xavier Basurto,Ann Bostrom,Ratana Chuenpagdee,Rachelle K. Gould,Benjamin S. Halpern,Neil Hannahs,Jordan Levine,Bryan G. Norton,Mary Ruckelshaus,Roly Russell,Jordan Tam,Ulalia Woodside +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop a framework for ecosystem services research and practice, addressing three challenges: (1) non-material values are ill suited to characterization using monetary methods; (2) it is difficult to unequivocally link particular changes in socioecological systems to cultural benefits; and (3) cultural benefits are associated with many services, not just cultural ES.
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Ecosystem Health: New Goals for Environmental Management
Robert Costanza,Bryan G. Norton,Benjamin D. Haskell +2 more
- 01 Jan 1992
TL;DR: Ecosystem Health brings together leading ecologists, philosophers, and economists to analyze the issues surrounding the concept of health as it relates to ecosystems as mentioned in this paper, both theoretical and practical aspects of what constitutes a healthy ecosystem are examined.
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Sustainability: A Philosophy of Adaptive Ecosystem Management
Bryan G. Norton
- 01 Nov 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the central problem in conservation is a lack of effective communication, and they develop a new, interdisciplinary approach to define sustainability, using philosophical and linguistic analyses to create a nonideological vocabulary that can accommodate scientific and evaluative environmental discourse.
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Toward Unity among Environmentalists
Bryan G. Norton
- 01 Jan 1991
TL;DR: The environmentalist's dilemma Moralists and aggregators: the case of Muir and Pinchot Aldo Leopold and the search for an integrated theory of environmental management Conservationists and preservationists today Worldviews: a whirlwind tour The pressures of growth Pollution control Biological diversity Land use policy Diverging worldviews, converging policies Intertemporal ethics Interspecific ethics Epilogue: Differing senses of place
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