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      Ecology: an integrated science for the artificialization of nature Translated title: Ecología: ciencia integradora para la artificialización de la naturaleza

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          The main challenges confronting contemporary agronomy are being addressed according to the emerging and complex problems of our era. Agronomy corresponds to the science and profession of solving the problems ofagriculture. The emergence of agronomy in sociocultural processes and their coevolution is described, as agronomy represents the determinant for the artificialization of nature, the management of natural resources and the transformation and management of land. The integration of nature, culture and human well-being inform the tendencies that are expressed in the cultural landscape. Ecology, ecosystem, territory and cultural landscape are the resultant aspects that provide the basis for the study and development of natural resource and ecosystem management. These subjects also allow us to understand the transition from nature to natural resources. All of these issues are associated with the transition of agronomy from a Cartesian analytical science to an integrative, systemic science, leading to a holistic and transdisciplinary paradigm that must be applied to the agronomic profession and to rural engineering. To be applicable to the problems of our era, the modern agronomic paradigm must be holistic and transdisciplinary and must cross the four hierarchical levels of the sciences: valoric, normative, pragmatic and empirical. This paradigm must also adapt to the unique conditions of various regions and to the evolution of the processes that are characteristic of complex systems associated with the construction of a rurality that is propitious for sustainability and quality of life.

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          Se abordan los desafíos centrales de la agronomía contemporánea, en función de las emergentes y complejas problemáticas de nuestra época. La agronomía corresponde a la ciencia y profesión focalizada en resolver los problemas de la agricultura. Se muestra el surgimiento de la agronomía inserta en procesos socioculturales y su coevolución con ellos, resultando aquello determinante para la artificialización de la naturaleza, el manejo de los recursos naturales y la transformación del territorio. Desde la integración de naturaleza, cultura y bienestar emergen las tendencias que se expresan en el paisaje cultural. La ecología, el ecosistema, el territorio y el paisaje cultural como resultante emergente, otorgan las bases para abordar integralmente el estudio y desarrollo del manejo de los recursos naturales y de los ecosistemas, lo que permite además comprender la transición desde naturaleza a recurso natural. Todo esto se asocia a la transición de la agronomía desde una ciencia analítica de naturaleza cartesiana a una sistémica de naturaleza integradora, conducente a un paradigma holístico y transdisciplinario, lo cual debe ser aplicado a la profesión agronómica y a la ingeniería rural. El paradigma moderno de la agronomía para su operatividad ante las problemáticas constituyentes de nuestra época, ha de ser holístico, transdisciplinario y transversal a los cuatro niveles jerárquicos de las ciencias, además de adaptativo a las particularidades de los diferentes lugares y al devenir de los procesos propios de los sistemas complejos asociados a la construcción de una ruralidad sustentable y propicia para la calidad de vida.

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                Journal
                ciagr
                Ciencia e investigación agraria
                Cienc. Inv. Agr.
                Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal (Santiago, , Chile )
                0718-1620
                December 2012
                : 39
                : 3
                : 397-410
                Affiliations
                [03] Quillota orgnamePontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso orgdiv1Facultad de Agronomía Chile
                [04] Quillota orgnameCentro Regional de Innovación Hortofrutícola de Valparaíso Chile
                [01] Santiago orgnamePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile orgdiv1Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal orgdiv2Departamento de Ciencias Animales Chile
                [02] Santiago orgnamePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile orgdiv1Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal orgdiv2Laboratorio de Ecosistemas Chile
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                S0718-16202012000300001 S0718-1620(12)03900300001
                10.4067/S0718-16202012000300001
                47429e1f-7adc-4431-b3d0-259106720199

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 28 September 2011
                : 16 May 2011
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                procesos socioculturales,transdisciplinariedad,recursos naturales,paisaje cultural,evolución de la agronomía,territorio,ecosistema,Agronomía,territory, transdisciplinarity,sociocultural processes,natural resources,evolution of agronomy,ecosystem,ecology,cultural landscape,Agronomy

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