A handbook of environmental management

A Handbook of Environmental Management presents a range of case studies that demonstrate the complementary application of different social science techniques in combination with ecology-based management thinking to the natural environment. This eloquent and unique Handbook provides a broad overview,...

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Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Other Authors: Lovett, Jon C., Ockwell, David G.
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd., 2010.
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Online Access:https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781840642070.xml
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Jon C. Lovett and David G. Ockwell
  • 2. Global biodiversity conservation priorities : an expanded review / Thomas M. Brooks ... [et al.]
  • 3. Integrated conservation and development projects : a positive role for forest conservation in topical Africa? / Neil Burgess ... [et al.]
  • 4. Biodiversity conservation in managed landscapes / Tom M. van Rensburg and Greig A. Mill
  • 5. How do institutions affect the management of environmental resources? / Bhim Adhikari
  • 6. Analysing dominant policy perspectives : the role of discourse analysis / David G. Ockwell and Yvonne Rydin
  • 7. Theoretical perspectives on international environmental regime effectiveness : a case study of the Mediterranean action plan / Sofia Frantzi
  • 8. The price of fish and the value of seagrass beds : socioeconomic aspects of the seagrass fishery on Quirimba Island, Mozambique / Fiona R. Gell
  • 9. The link between ecological and social paradigms and the sustainability of environmental management : a case study of semi-arid Tanzania / Claire H. Quinn and David G. Ockwell
  • 10. Exploring game theory as a tool for mapping strategic interactions in common pool resource scenarios / Vanessa Pérez-Cirera
  • 11. Economic valuation of different forms of land-use in semi-arid Tanzania / Deborah Kirby
  • 12. Economic growth and the environment / Dalia El-Demellawy
  • 13. Biodiesel as the potential alternative vehicle fuel : European policy and global environmental concern / Mahesh Poudyal and Jon C. Lovett.