Collaborative Environmental Management: What Roles for Government-1 [Paperback]

Tomas M. Koontz (Author), Toddi A. Steelman (Author), JoAnn Carmin (Author), Katrina Smith Korfmacher (Author), Cassandra Moseley (Author), Craig W. Thomas (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1891853821 | ISBN-13: 978-1891853821 | Publication Date: May 1, 2004

Collaboration has become a popular approach to environmental policy, planning, and management. At the urging of citizens, nongovernmental organizations, and industry, government officials at all levels have experimented with collaboration. Yet questions remain about the roles that governments play in collaboration--whether they are constructive and support collaboration, or introduce barriers. This thoughtful book analyzes a series of cases to understand how collaborative processes work and whether government can be an equal partner even as government agencies often formally control decision making and are held accountable for the outcomes. Looking at examples where government has led, encouraged, or followed in collaboration, the authors assess how governmental actors and institutions affected the way issues were defined, the resources available for collaboration, and the organizational processes and structures that were established. Cases include collaborative efforts to manage watersheds, rivers, estuaries, farmland, endangered species habitats, and forests. The authors develop a new theoretical framework and demonstrate that government left a heavy imprint in each of the efforts. The work concludes by discussing the choices and challenges faced by governmental institutions and actors as they try to realize the potential of collaborative environmental management.

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'A welcome addition to the growing collaboration literature . . . A useful resource for practitioners and students in environmental policy, planning, and public administration.' Journal of the American Planning Association 'A terrific book that expands our understanding of new forms of environmental governance. The authors bring a wealth of experience to provide a balanced, insightful, and highly readable account of a diverse set of cases involving collaboration for natural resource and environmental stewardship.' Peter J. May, University of Washington

About the Author

Tomas M. Koontz is an associate professor of environmental and natural resource policy in the School of Natural Resources at The Ohio State University. Toddi A. Steelman is an assistant professor of environmental and natural resource policy in North Carolina State University's Department of Forestry. JoAnn Carmin is an assistant professor of environmental policy and planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Katrina Smith Korfmacher is Community Outreach Coordinator at the University of Rochester's Environmental Health Sciences Center. Cassandra Moseley is a research associate in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment and an adjunct assistant professor of planning, public, policy and management at the University of Oregon. Craig W. Thomas is an associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he is also on faculty with the Center for Public Policy and Administration.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891853821
• ISBN-13: 978-1891853821
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #412,623 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars good book for all, October 25, 2005

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This review is from: Collaborative Environmental Management: What Roles for Government-1 (Paperback)

This book may have been designed for instructors to use in policy classes, but it also gives the layman a good overview of the deeper issues affecting management of our resources. Provides actual case studies, not just theory, and it has some insightful discussion.