Natural Resource Management

The Human Dimension

Alan W Ewert (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

284 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-15971-9 (ISBN)

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Written by and for scholars, planners, and policymakers, Natural Resource Management: The Human Dimension focuses on issues such as the publics role in the decision-making processes of ecosystem management that affect how we use (or abuse) resources. It exposes the reader to a wide variety of applications of Human Dimensions Research, as well as to significant issues involved. One of the greatest needs in natural resource management is for a deeper understanding of the intricate relationship between humans and the natural environment. Human Dimensions Research, an interdisciplinary field involving a broad variety of social science approaches, seeks to fill this need by providing multidimensional assessments of peoples’ behavior, attitudes, and expectations toward natural resources and their uses. Written by and for scholars, planners, and policymakers, Natural Resource Management: The Human Dimension focuses on issues such as the publics role in the decision-making processes of ecosystem management that affect how we use (or abuse) resources. It exposes the reader to a wide variety of applications of Human Dimensions Research, as well as to significant issues involved. At a time when we are either loving our forests and parks to death or paving them over, a better understanding of the problems is critical if we are to create workable policies that will preserve and protect our natural resources

Alan W Ewert (Author)

Human dimensions research - introduction and overview, Alan W Ewert; the human experience in natural environments, Herbert Schoeder; human dimensions research - its importance in natural resource management, Dan Decker; human dimensions in wildlife, Mike Manfredo; human dimensions in fisheries, Robert Ditton; human dimensions in silviculture, Mark Brunson; human values and benefits in natural resource management, Bev Driver and George Peterson; the assessment of social impacts, Hobson Bryan; public involvement and interaction, Hanna Cortner; management needs for human dimensions research, Gary Machlis; case studies of human dimensions research, John Baas; human dimensions considerations in land management planning and policy, Marty Fluharty; future trends in human dimensions research, Don Field; summary and conclusions, A.W. Ewert.

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2023
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	420 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-367-15971-6 / 0367159716
ISBN-13	978-0-367-15971-9 / 9780367159719
Zustand	Neuware