Science and policy in natural resource management : understanding system complexity /

Despite well intentioned policies and changes to management practices, the world's natural resources continue to decline. The roles and interplay between science and policy in the regional broadacre agriculture landscape are examined, using Western Australia's agricultural region as a case...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Allison, Helen E.
Otros Autores: Hobbs, R. J. (Richard J.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Natural resources > Government policy.
Natural resources > Management.
Ressources naturelles > Politique gouvernementale.
Ressources naturelles > Gestion.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Natürliche Ressourcen
Umweltpolitik
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Historical and policy context; 3 Natural resource degradation: a resistant problem of the twentieth century; 4 The epistemology of natural resource management of the twentieth century; 5 A contemporary epistemology and framework for natural resource management of the twenty-first century; 6 Model conceptualisation of the Western Australian agricultural region. Part 1: resilience analysis.

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