While scientists usually examine either ecological systems or social systems, the need exists for an interdisciplinary approach to the problems of environmental management and sustainable development. Developed under the auspices of the Beijer Institute in Stockholm, this volume analyzes social and ecological linkages in selected ecosystems using an international and interdisciplinary case study approach. The chapters provide detailed information on a variety of management practices for dealing with environmental change. Taken as a whole, the book contributes to the greater understanding of essential social responses to changes in ecosystems. A key feature is a set of new, or rediscovered, principles for sustainable ecosystem management.
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"Useful for undergraduate and graduate students in environmental studies, environmental economics, and environmental sociology." Choice
"Altogether, this book is a solid, well-crafted, and thought-provoking contribution that addresses the challenges of natural resource management. The quality of its case studies and the clarity of its theoretical propositions make it a landmark for anyone interested in understanding the dynamic connections between knowledge, practices, institutions, and ecosystems." Conservation Ecology
"Altogether, this book is a solid, well-crafted, and thought-provoking contribution that addresses the challenges of natural resource management. The quality of its case studies and the clarity of its theoretical propositions make it a landmark for anyone interested in understanding the dynamic connections between knowledge, practices, institutions, and ecosystems." Conservation Ecology
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The book is the result of an intensive study programme carried out under the auspices of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics in Stockholm, the focus of this book is social and ecological linkages in selected ecosystems, and there is a systematic treatment of the mechanisms behind these linkages. The overall purpose is to investigate how the stewardship of selected ecosystems can be improved by learning from a variety of management systems and their dynamics.
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There is much evidence of poor management of ecosystems; the conventional prescriptions of resource management are in many cases not resulting in sustainability. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
clam management, arable food crops, wholistic forestry, tenurial shells, parametric management, trawling rally, northern cod crisis, mansus unit, soft shell clam fishery, clam resource, ecological systems for resilience, mountain specificities, conventional resource management, informal local knowledge, milpa cycle, partial inheritance, numerical management, traditional resource management systems, tree cash crops, resource management science, making milpa, northern cod fishery, local ecological knowledge, intertidal ecosystem, inshore fishers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, British Columbia, James Bay, Cambridge University Press, Upper Dalecarlia, World Bank, Atlantic Forest, Oxford University Press, Atlantic Fisheries, Island Press, Intermediate Technology Publications, State of Maine, Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, Chisasibi Cree, Fikret Berkes, Sepetiba Bay, Carl Folke, Marine Policy, Fiddler Creek, Latin America, Maine Department of Marine Resources, Memorial University of Newfoundland, North America, San Juan Nuevo, John Wiley New!
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There is much evidence of poor management of ecosystems; the conventional prescriptions of resource management are in many cases not resulting in sustainability. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
clam management, arable food crops, wholistic forestry, tenurial shells, parametric management, trawling rally, northern cod crisis, mansus unit, soft shell clam fishery, clam resource, ecological systems for resilience, mountain specificities, conventional resource management, informal local knowledge, milpa cycle, partial inheritance, numerical management, traditional resource management systems, tree cash crops, resource management science, making milpa, northern cod fishery, local ecological knowledge, intertidal ecosystem, inshore fishers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, British Columbia, James Bay, Cambridge University Press, Upper Dalecarlia, World Bank, Atlantic Forest, Oxford University Press, Atlantic Fisheries, Island Press, Intermediate Technology Publications, State of Maine, Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, Chisasibi Cree, Fikret Berkes, Sepetiba Bay, Carl Folke, Marine Policy, Fiddler Creek, Latin America, Maine Department of Marine Resources, Memorial University of Newfoundland, North America, San Juan Nuevo, John Wiley New!
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