Natural experiments : ecosystem-based management and the environment / Judith A. Layzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Layzer, Judith A., author.

Series:

American and comparative environmental policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecosystem management.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 365 pages) : maps.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2008]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This systematic assessment of seven prominent initiatives - in Texas, California, Florida and Arizona - evaluates the effectiveness of ecosystem-based management at protecting the environment. The author concludes that projects that set goals based on stakeholder collaboration are less likely to result in environmental improvement.

Contents:

2 Why Ecosystem-Based Management? 9

3 Setting Aside Habitat for Songbirds, Salamanders, and Spiders in Austin, Texas 41

4 Saving San Diego's Coastal Sage Scrub 71

5 Restoring South Florida's River of Grass 103

6 Averting Ecological Collapse in California's Bay-Delta 137

7 Conserving the Sonoran Desert in Pima County, Arizona 173

8 Re-creating Central Florida's Meandering Kissimmee River 205

9 Making History in the Mono Basin 233

10 Ecosystem-Based Management and the Environment 267.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262278010

0262278014

9781435665361

1435665368

OCLC:

252072215

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.