Managing Scotland's environment / Charles Warren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warren, Charles R. (Senior lecturer)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental management--Scotland.

Environmental management.

Environmental policy--Scotland.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (519 p.)

Edition:

2nd. ed., completely rev. and updated.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748613137);Scotland's natural environment is its most treasured asset and the subject of its most vociferous debates. In this book Charles Warren tackles the hottest current debates - land reform, the future of farming, public access, conservation of moorland and birds of prey, the place of forestry, and the control of alien species and red deer - and takes up the challenge of integrating conservation with social and economic objectives. The second edition includes a new chapter on energy and the environment, taking in the highest profile environmental issue in Scotland at present: the windfarm controversy, and debates about the appropriate energy mix for the future. There is also a heightened focus throughout on climate change and its implications for the management of Scotland's environment. In addition, the book has been updated throughout to take account of recent changes in environmental and related social and political issues.Key Featuresintegrated, up-to-date and in-depth treatment of all the main debates about the Scottish environmentexamines the ethical issues behind environmental decision-makingaccessibly written for the non-specialistbalanced, even-handed treatment of the issues"

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Expanded contents list

List of figures

Preface to the first edition

Preface to the second edition

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations and acronyms

Foreword: Professor Chris Smout

Part One. The nature and control of the land

Chapter 1. The shaping of Scotland’s environment

Chapter 2. The political and planning context

Part Two. The pieces of the jigsaw

Chapter 3. The land: who should own Scotland?

Chapter 4. The trees: forest management

Chapter 5. The fields: agriculture and crofting

Chapter 6. The waters: freshwater resource management

Chapter 7. The animals: wildlife management

Chapter 8. The ‘natural’: conservation management

Part Three. Interactions and controversies

Chapter 9. Public access and recreation: whose rights and whose responsibility?

Chapter 10. Natives, aliens and reintroductions: what species where?

Chapter 11. Integrating forestry: deer in woodlands, and trees on farms

Chapter 12. Powering Scotland: windfarms and the energy debate

Part Four. Thinking and deciding about the environment

Chapter 13. Environmental ethics and decision-making

Part Five. Conclusion

Chapter 14. Environmental management in twenty-first-century Scotland

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references ([425]-479) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-70298-X

9786612702983

0-7486-3063-5

OCLC:

647881331