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2010 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Assessing Renewable Water Resources and Water Use in Angola
verfasst von : Helena Nynas, Pradeep M. Dangol, Madhav P. Dhakal, Bhawani S. Dongol, Gopal Nakarmi, Pravakar B. Shah, Rolf Weingartner
Erschienen in: Integrated Watershed Management
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
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“Nature” is one of the culturally most loaded concepts. It is one of the central concepts for human understanding and structuring of the surroundings (Glacken, 1967). The concept of nature is deeply embedded in our understanding of the world, so deep that we seldom reflect its central role in our thinking. With impulses from symbol theory (Elias, 1991), environmental history (Berntsen, 1994; Nash, 1982) and social sciences (Berger and Luckmann, 1987), this article examines nature, not as a physical reality, but as a symbol of ideas, norms and values in society. “Nature” is understood and interpreted in a historical, social and cultural context.