Suchergebnisse

Die Zeichengebung von Lebewesen setzt Grundphänomene und Zustände voraus, auf die sich die unterschiedlichen Zeichen beziehen können. Insofern setzt Biosemiotik elementare und unterschiedliche Daseinsformen von Biophänomenen, z.B. von Motion, Emotion oder Kognition, voraus, die wiederum biosemiotische Mittel und Referenten in Zeichenprozessen sein können. Es bedarf daher biophänomenologischer Kategorien, die nachfolgend in modifizierter Anlehnung an Helmuth Plessner vorgestellt werden, die aber auch kritisch vor dem Hintergrund der Evolution und Wissenschaftstheorie der Biologie zu beurteilen sind. Daraus resultieren unterschiedliche Formen der Zeichengebung, die nachfolgend an konkreten Beispielen (Menschenaffen, Eisvogel, Mimose) im Hinblick auf ihre ethische Relevanz diskutiert werden. Sowohl die vorprädikativen Biophänomene selbst als auch die spezifischen auf diese Biophänomene bezogenen Zeichen sind wichtige Ausgangspunkte für die ethische Beurteilung der Beziehung von Menschen zu Tieren und Pflanzen. Ein pragmatischer Dualismus von Biophänomenen und Zeichen ist daher die Basis einer jeder Ethik, die subjekttheoretisch weder in bloße Zeichen noch in bloße Biophänomene monistisch aufgelöst werden kann. Die Ideen- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte gibt weitere Einblicke in den Wandel der Deutungen und Vorstellungen zu Menschenaffen, zum Eisvogel und zur Mimose – bis hin zur modernen Pflanzenneurobiologie.

As in several other infrastructure sectors—highly popular German examples are the protests concerning "Stuttgart 21" or Munich airport—the people's "new voice" is severely inhibiting the enforcement progress of common legislation in the water management sector, in particular the European Water Framework Directive (2000; EU-WFD). With the launch of the EU-WFD, the European Union is forcing serious changes in watersheds to reach a "good ecological status". However, although affirmatively described by experts, not all of these changes are appreciated by local communities. According to Connif (2014), 75 % of river restoration projects did not reach their minimal goals due to the lack of active stakeholder involvement. To prevent this, a comprehensive consideration of social aspects is essential for a sustainable implementation success of river restoration projects in the German water management sector. In this paper, local stakeholders' individual acceptance and the overall public acceptance of the project to ecologically improve the Emscher River's mouth in the context of the Emscher Conversion ("Emscherumbau") and its relation to certain steps of action in the project (including public participation measures) will be discussed as a case study. To our knowledge, no other research has been conducted so far combining the advantages of qualitative stakeholder interviews and a comprehensive media analysis to get an individual insight into the attitude of different stakeholder groups and to consistently identify snapshots of the public attitude during the course of the project. At first sight the project has high potential for conflicts because of drastic alterations of the current environment, intense construction works and soil transport activities, a relatively dense settlement in close proximity as well as a community that is experienced in asserting their rights. But although public participation was basically limited to information and formal consultation, the local attitude towards the ecological improvement of the Emscher River's mouth is overall positive.

As in several other infrastructure sectors—highly popular German examples are the protests concerning "Stuttgart 21" or Munich airport—the people's "new voice" is severely inhibiting the enforcement progress of common legislation in the water management sector, in particular the European Water Framework Directive (2000; EU-WFD). With the launch of the EU-WFD, the European Union is forcing serious changes in watersheds to reach a "good ecological status". However, although affirmatively described by experts, not all of these changes are appreciated by local communities. According to Connif (2014), 75 % of river restoration projects did not reach their minimal goals due to the lack of active stakeholder involvement. To prevent this, a comprehensive consideration of social aspects is essential for a sustainable implementation success of river restoration projects in the German water management sector. In this paper, local stakeholders' individual acceptance and the overall public acceptance of the project to ecologically improve the Emscher River's mouth in the context of the Emscher Conversion ("Emscherumbau") and its relation to certain steps of action in the project (including public participation measures) will be discussed as a case study. To our knowledge, no other research has been conducted so far combining the advantages of qualitative stakeholder interviews and a comprehensive media analysis to get an individual insight into the attitude of different stakeholder groups and to consistently identify snapshots of the public attitude during the course of the project. At first sight the project has high potential for conflicts because of drastic alterations of the current environment, intense construction works and soil transport activities, a relatively dense settlement in close proximity as well as a community that is experienced in asserting their rights. But although public participation was basically limited to information and formal consultation, the local attitude towards the ecological improvement of the Emscher River's mouth is overall positive.

As in several other infrastructure sectors—highly popular German examples are the protests concerning "Stuttgart 21" or Munich airport—the people's "new voice" is severely inhibiting the enforcement progress of common legislation in the water management sector, in particular the European Water Framework Directive (2000; EU-WFD). With the launch of the EU-WFD, the European Union is forcing serious changes in watersheds to reach a "good ecological status". However, although affirmatively described by experts, not all of these changes are appreciated by local communities. According to Connif (2014), 75 % of river restoration projects did not reach their minimal goals due to the lack of active stakeholder involvement. To prevent this, a comprehensive consideration of social aspects is essential for a sustainable implementation success of river restoration projects in the German water management sector. In this paper, local stakeholders' individual acceptance and the overall public acceptance of the project to ecologically improve the Emscher River's mouth in the context of the Emscher Conversion ("Emscherumbau") and its relation to certain steps of action in the project (including public participation measures) will be discussed as a case study. To our knowledge, no other research has been conducted so far combining the advantages of qualitative stakeholder interviews and a comprehensive media analysis to get an individual insight into the attitude of different stakeholder groups and to consistently identify snapshots of the public attitude during the course of the project. At first sight the project has high potential for conflicts because of drastic alterations of the current environment, intense construction works and soil transport activities, a relatively dense settlement in close proximity as well as a community that is experienced in asserting their rights. But although public participation was basically limited to information and formal consultation, the local attitude towards the ecological improvement of the Emscher River's mouth is overall positive.

As in several other infrastructure sectors—highly popular German examples are the protests concerning "Stuttgart 21" or Munich airport—the people's "new voice" is severely inhibiting the enforcement progress of common legislation in the water management sector, in particular the European Water Framework Directive (2000; EU-WFD). With the launch of the EU-WFD, the European Union is forcing serious changes in watersheds to reach a "good ecological status". However, although affirmatively described by experts, not all of these changes are appreciated by local communities. According to Connif (2014), 75 % of river restoration projects did not reach their minimal goals due to the lack of active stakeholder involvement. To prevent this, a comprehensive consideration of social aspects is essential for a sustainable implementation success of river restoration projects in the German water management sector. In this paper, local stakeholders' individual acceptance and the overall public acceptance of the project to ecologically improve the Emscher River's mouth in the context of the Emscher Conversion ("Emscherumbau") and its relation to certain steps of action in the project (including public participation measures) will be discussed as a case study. To our knowledge, no other research has been conducted so far combining the advantages of qualitative stakeholder interviews and a comprehensive media analysis to get an individual insight into the attitude of different stakeholder groups and to consistently identify snapshots of the public attitude during the course of the project. At first sight the project has high potential for conflicts because of drastic alterations of the current environment, intense construction works and soil transport activities, a relatively dense settlement in close proximity as well as a community that is experienced in asserting their rights. But although public participation was basically limited to information and formal consultation, the local attitude towards the ecological improvement of the Emscher River's mouth is overall positive.