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Lairds, land and sustainability : Scottish perspectives on upland management / edited by Jayne Glass ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glass, Jayne, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Real property--Scotland.
- Real property.
- Land use--Scotland--Planning.
- Land use.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- Scotland is at the heart of modern, sustainable upland management. Large estates cover vast areas of the uplands, with a long, complex and emotive history of ownership and use. In recent decades, the Scottish uplands have increasingly been the arena for passionate debates over large-scale land management issues. Crucially, what kinds of ownership and management will best deliver sustainable futures for upland environments and communities? Although the globally unique dominance of private ownership remains a distinctive characteristic of Scotland's uplands, increasing numbers of estates are now
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Sustainability in the uplands
- pt. 2. Perspectives from private landownership
- pt. 3. Perspectives from community and NGO landownership
- pt. 4. Aligning upland estate management with sustainability.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780748685882
- 074868588X
- OCLC:
- 856870114
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