ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT by Geoffrey Lawrence (Editor), Vaughan Higgins (Editor), Stewart Lockie (Editor) ( 9781840644494 )

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Title:

ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES FROM AUSTRALASIA AND THE AMERICAS

By:

Geoffrey Lawrence (Editor), Vaughan Higgins (Editor), Stewart Lockie (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£115.00
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ISBN 10:

1840644494

ISBN 13:

9781840644494

Publisher:

EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD

Pub. date:

25 May, 2001

Pages:

304

Description:

As greater significance is placed on the relationship between people and their environment, it is acknowledged that few environmental problems can be solved without considering the social context in which they arise. This book argues for social and environmental issues to be tackled together.

Synopsis:

As greater significance is placed on the relationship between people and their environment it is increasingly acknowledged that few environmental problems can be solved without considering the social context in which they arise. But what does it mean to incorporate the `social' and what types of social sciences are needed? This incisive book critically reviews the theoretical perspectives that underlie social scientific contributions to natural resource management and argues for both a greater social science presence and for conceptual and methodological clarity within the social sciences themselves.The expert contributors explore how new concepts and approaches can contribute positively to natural resource management. They demonstrate how the social sciences can be used as a vehicle to highlight social concerns as well as to foster greater participation, co-operation, and integration among community members, natural resource managers and researchers. Through detailed case studies from Australasia and the Americas, the authors illustrate how different social science perspectives can be utilised. The range and variety of views provide a basis for the evaluation of various and often competing disciplinary paradigms within the social sciences. This book will undoubtedly contribute to a more sophisticated debate about the place of the `social' in environmental research. It will prove to be of great worth to students and researchers of environmental and social issues, to those involved in environmental decision making and community planning, as well as environmental policymakers and natural resource managers.

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Imprint:

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

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Returnable

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