A handbook of environmental management / edited by Jon C. Lovett [and] David G. Ockwell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lovett, Jon C.

Ockwell, David G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; 3. Integrated conservation and development projects: a positive role for forest conservation in tropical Africa?; 4. Biodiversity conservation in managed landscapes; 5. How do institutions affect the management of environmental resources?; 6. Analysing dominant policy perspectives - the role of discourse analysis; 7. Theoretical perspectives on international environmental regime effectiveness: a case study of the Mediterranean Action Plan

8. The price of fish and the value of seagrass beds: socioeconomic aspects of the seagrass fishery on Quirimba Island, Mozambique9. The link between ecological and social paradigms and the sustainability of environmental management: a case study of semi-arid Tanzania; 10. Exploring game theory as a tool for mapping strategic interactions in common pool resource scenarios; 11. Economic valuation of different forms of land-use in semi-arid Tanzania; 12. Economic growth and the environment; 13. Biodiesel as the potential alternative vehicle fuel: European policy and global environmental concern

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-20602-1

9786613206022

1-84980-700-0

OCLC:

664231210