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Conservation in the Internet age : threats and opportunities / edited by James N. Levitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature conservation.
- Internet.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (390 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Island Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since the earliest days of our nation, new communications and transportation networks have enabled vast changes in how and where Americans live and work.Transcontinental railroads and telegraphs helped to open the West; mass media and interstate highways paved the way for suburban migration.
- Contents:
- About Island Press; Title Page; Copyrights Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Ch. 1: Introduction; Part I: Precedents and Prospects; Ch. 2: Networds and Nature in the American Experience; Ch. 3: The Internet, New Urban Patterns, and Conservation; Part II: The Potential Impact of New Networks on Land Use and Biodiversity; Ch. 4: The Rural Rebound of the 1990s and Beyond; Ch. 5: Farmland in the Age of the Internet; Ch. 6: Internet Use in a High-Growth, Amenity-Rich Region; Ch. 7: Rural Development and Biodiversity
- Part III: Harnessing the Power of New Networks to Achieve Conservation ObjectivesCh. 8: The Green Internet; Ch. 9: BirdSource: Using Birds, Citizen Science, and the Internet as Tools for Global Monitoring; Ch. 10: Conservation Advocacy and the Internet: The Campaign to Save Laguna San Ignacio; Ch. 11: Envisioning Rural Futures: Using Innovative Software for Community Planning; Part IV: The Internet Age As Context for Conservation Innovation; Ch. 12: The Watershed Approach, Biodiversity, and Community Preservation; Ch. 13: Natural Amenities and Locational Choice in the New Economy
- Ch. 14: Conservation Philanthropy and Leadership: The Role of Network EntrepreneursCh. 15: Conclusion: A Call for Conservation Innovation; Works Cited; About the Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-345).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-59726-851-8
- 1-4237-8006-X
- OCLC:
- 228136826
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