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Conservation in the Internet age : threats and opportunities /
Annotation 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 migrat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
Island Press,
©2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Networks and nature in the American experience / James N. Levitt
- The Internet, new urban patterns, and conservation / William J. Mitchell
- Rural rebound of the 1990s and beyond / Kenneth M. Johnson
- Farmland in the age of the Internet: "Let them eat electrons"? / Ralph E. Grossi
- Internet use in a high-growth, amenity rich region / James N. Levitt and John R. Pitkin
- Rural development and biodiversity: a case study of greater Yellowstone / Andrew J. Hansen and Jay J. Rotella
- The green Internet: a tool for conservation science / Leonard Krishtalka [and others]
- BirdSource: using birds, citizen science, and the Internet as tools for global monitoring / John W. Fitzpatrick and Frank B. Gill
- Conservation advocacy and the Internet: the campaign to save Laguna San Ignacio / S. Jacob Scherr
- Envisioning rural futures: using innovative software for community planning / William Roper and Brian H.F. Muller
- The watershed approach, biodiversity, and community preservation: bold initiatives in conservation in Massachusetts / Bob Durand and Sharon McGregor
- Natural amenities and locational choice in the new economy / Joel S. Hirschhorn
- Conservation philanthropy and leadership: the role of network entrepreneurs / Peter R. Stein and James N. Levitt
- Conclusion: a call for conservation innovation / James N. Levitt.