National Parks and Protected Areas: Appoaches for Balancing Social, Economic, and Ecological ValuesISBN: 978-0-8138-1248-9
Hardcover
460 pages
May 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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· A multidisciplinary, systems perspective
· Focus on science and knowledge-based natural resource management
· Concentration on North American national parks and protected areas with the incorporation of information and examples from other parts of the world
· Clarification of methods for dealing with social, economic and ecological dynamics and uncertainty
· Explanations of the usefulness of biophysical and economic simulation models and information management technologies: GIS, remote sensing, decision support systems, computer animation, etc.
· Discussion of the role of local communities and collaborative decision making methods in designing and implementing management strategies
· Inclusion of case studies
· Focus on science and knowledge-based natural resource management
· Concentration on North American national parks and protected areas with the incorporation of information and examples from other parts of the world
· Clarification of methods for dealing with social, economic and ecological dynamics and uncertainty
· Explanations of the usefulness of biophysical and economic simulation models and information management technologies: GIS, remote sensing, decision support systems, computer animation, etc.
· Discussion of the role of local communities and collaborative decision making methods in designing and implementing management strategies
· Inclusion of case studies
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