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Theories of Nature, Society and Technology

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Man, Nature and Technology

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This quest for theory arises from the practice of environmental management. It began in the early 1970s, when Torsten Hägerstrand and I attempted to initiate a working group on ‘theories and concepts of man and environment’, a ‘modest experiment in mutual encouragement’ that essentially failed. However, the major reason for undertaking the initiative is still valid, albeit perhaps with lessened urgency.

I am grateful to my fellow conference participants and to B. L. Turner III for many helpful comments, but most of all to a generation of graduate students in geography at Clark University who have shared the search for theory with me.

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  2. Committee for Natural Resources Research, Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research, Sweden

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Kates, R.W. (1988). Theories of Nature, Society and Technology. In: Baark, E., Svedin, U. (eds) Man, Nature and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09087-7_2

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