Adaptive Environmental Management

Author : Catherine Allan,George Henry Stankey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781402096327

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Adaptive Environmental Management by Catherine Allan,George Henry Stankey Pdf

Adaptive management is the recommended means for continuing ecosystem management and use of natural resources, especially in the context of ‘integrated natural resource management’. Conceptually, adaptive management is simply learning from past management actions to improve future planning and management. However, adaptive management has proved difficult to achieve in practice. With a view to facilitating better practice, this new book presents lessons learned from case studies, to provide managers with ready access to relevant information. Cases are drawn from a number of disciplinary fields, including management of protected areas, watersheds and farms, rivers, forests, biodiversity and pests. Examples from Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe are presented at a variety of scales, from individual farms, through regional projects, to state-wide planning. While the book is designed primarily for practitioners and policy advisors in the fields of environmental and natural resource management, it will also provide a valuable reference for students and researchers with interests in environmental, natural resource and conservation management.

Author : Craig R. Allen,Ahjond S. Garmestani
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401796828

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Adaptive Management of Social-Ecological Systems by Craig R. Allen,Ahjond S. Garmestani Pdf

Adaptive management is an approach to managing social-ecological systems that fosters learning about the systems being managed and remains at the forefront of environmental management nearly 40 years after its original conception. Adaptive management persists because it allows action despite uncertainty, and uncertainty is reduced when learning occurs during the management process. Often termed “learning by doing”, the allure of this management approach has entrenched the concept widely in agency direction and statutory mandates across the globe. This exceptional volume is a collection of essays on the past, present and future of adaptive management written by prominent authors with long experience in developing, implementing, and assessing adaptive management. Moving forward, the book provides policymakers, managers and scientists a powerful tool for managing for resilience in the face of uncertainty.

Author : C. S. Holling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1932846077

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Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management by C. S. Holling Pdf

This book develops an adaptive approach to environmental impact assessment and management and is based on a study initiated by a workshop convened in early 1974 by SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment). CS Holling discusses the nature and behavior of ecological systems and its issues, limitations, and potential of environmental assessment. Further, he discusses how we can incorporate impact assessment studies with actual environmental planning and decision making.Crawford Holling received his B.A. and M.Sc. at the University of Toronto (1952) and his Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia (1957). He worked in the laboratories of the Department of the Environment, Government of Canada. Since then, he has been, at various times, Professor and Director of the Institute of Resource Ecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and Director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Vienna, Austria. He now occupies the Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecological Sciences at the University of Florida and has launched a comparative study of the structure and dynamics of ecosystems.

Author : Catherine Allan,George Henry Stankey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1402096577

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Adaptive Environmental Management by Catherine Allan,George Henry Stankey Pdf

Adaptive management is the recommended means for continuing ecosystem management and use of natural resources, especially in the context of ‘integrated natural resource management’. Conceptually, adaptive management is simply learning from past management actions to improve future planning and management. However, adaptive management has proved difficult to achieve in practice. With a view to facilitating better practice, this new book presents lessons learned from case studies, to provide managers with ready access to relevant information. Cases are drawn from a number of disciplinary fields, including management of protected areas, watersheds and farms, rivers, forests, biodiversity and pests. Examples from Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe are presented at a variety of scales, from individual farms, through regional projects, to state-wide planning. While the book is designed primarily for practitioners and policy advisors in the fields of environmental and natural resource management, it will also provide a valuable reference for students and researchers with interests in environmental, natural resource and conservation management.

Author : C. S. Holling
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015004448901

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Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management by C. S. Holling Pdf

Monograph on environmental evaluation and management - covers ecological systems, assessment of alternative environmental policies, role of communication, etc., and includes case studies for comparison in the USA, Austria and Venezuela. Bibliography pp. 357 to 363 and graphs.

Author : Derek Armitage,Ryan Plummer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642121944

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Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance by Derek Armitage,Ryan Plummer Pdf

Rapid environmental change calls for individuals and societies with an ability to transform our interactions with each other and the ecosystems upon which we depend. Adaptive capacity - the ability of a social-ecological system (or the components of that system) to be robust to disturbances and capable of responding to changes - is increasingly recognized as a critical attribute of multi-level environmental governance. This unique volume offers the first interdisciplinary and integrative perspective on an emerging area of applied scholarship, with contributions from internationally recognized researchers and practitioners. It demonstrates how adaptive capacity makes environmental governance possible in complex social-ecological systems. Cutting-edge theoretical developments are explored and empirical case studies offered from a wide range of geographic settings and natural resource contexts, such as water, climate, fisheries and forestry. • Of interest to researchers, policymakers and resource managers seeking to navigate and understand social-ecological change in diverse geographic settings and resource contexts

Author : Derek Armitage,Fikret Berkes,Nancy Doubleday
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780774859721

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Adaptive Co-Management by Derek Armitage,Fikret Berkes,Nancy Doubleday Pdf

In Canada and around the world, new concerns with adaptive processes, feedback learning, and flexible partnerships are reshaping environmental governance. Meanwhile, ideas about collaboration and learning are converging around the idea of adaptive co-management. This book provides a comprehensive synthesis of the core concepts, strategies, and tools in this emerging field, informed by a diverse group of researchers and practitioners with over two decades of experience. It also offers a diverse set of case studies that reveal the challenges and implications of adaptive co-management thinking.

Author : James Oglethorpe
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : 9782831705262

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Adaptive Management by James Oglethorpe Pdf

This report examines the importance of Adaptive Management in promoting sustainable use. A wide variety of papers selected from two major conferences on Adaptive Management are presented.

Author : Claudia Pahl-Wostl,Pavel Kabat,Jörn Möltgen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540759416

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Adaptive and Integrated Water Management by Claudia Pahl-Wostl,Pavel Kabat,Jörn Möltgen Pdf

Sustainable water management is a key environmental challenge of the 21st century. This book presents the very latest studies, methods and innovations for managing our water resources from the first International Conference on Adaptive and Integrated Water Management, held in November 2007 in Basel, Switzerland. The book addresses a wide interdisciplinary audience of scientists and professionals from academia, industry, and those involved in policy making.

Author : George H. Stankey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : MINN:31951D02977054K

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Adaptive Management of Natural Resources by George H. Stankey Pdf

This report reviews the extensive and growing literature on the concept and application of adaptive management. Adaptive management is a central element of the Northwest Forest Plan and there is a need for an informed understanding of the key theories, concepts, and frameworks upon which it is founded. Literature from a diverse range of fields including social learning, risk and uncertainty, and institutional analysis was reviewed, particularly as it related to application in an adaptive management context. The review identifies opportunities as well as barriers that adaptive management faces. It concludes by describing steps that must be taken to implement adaptive management.

Author : Bruce Mitchell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317904878

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Resource and Environmental Management by Bruce Mitchell Pdf

This book does an exceptional job in giving an understanding of change, complexity, uncertainty and conflict as well as their linkages, including awareness of strategies, methods and techniques to handle them relative to resource and environmental management. The text enhances the reader's capacity to conduct practice and conduct research in resource and environmental management.

Author : Olivier Jolliet,Myriam Saade-Sbeih,Shanna Shaked,Alexandre Jolliet,Pierre Crettaz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781439887707

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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (Open Access) by Olivier Jolliet,Myriam Saade-Sbeih,Shanna Shaked,Alexandre Jolliet,Pierre Crettaz Pdf

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment is a pivotal guide to identifying environmental problems and reducing related impacts for companies and organizations in need of life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA, a unique sustainability tool, provides a framework that addresses a growing demand for practical technological solutions. Detailing each phase of the LCA methodology, this textbook covers the historical development of LCA, presents the general principles and characteristics of LCA, and outlines the corresponding standards for good practice determined by the International Organization for Standardization. It also explains how to identify the critical aspects of an LCA, provides detailed examples of LCA analysis and applications, and includes illustrated problems and solutions with concrete examples from water management, electronics, packaging, automotive, and other industries. In addition, readers will learn how to: Use consistent criteria to realize and evaluate an LCA independently of individual interests Understand the LCA methodology and become familiar with existing databases and methods based on the latest results of international research Analyze and critique a completed LCA Apply LCA methodology to simple case studies Geared toward graduate and undergraduate students studying environmental science and industrial ecology, as well as practicing environmental engineers, and sustainability professionals who want to teach themselves LCA good practices, Environmental Life Cycle Assessment demonstrates how to conduct environmental assessments for products throughout their life cycles. It presents existing methods and recent developments in the growing field of LCA and systematically covers goal and system definition, life cycle inventory, life cycle impact assessment, and interpretation.

Author : Stefan Schmutz,Jan Sendzimir
Publisher : Springer
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319732503

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Riverine Ecosystem Management by Stefan Schmutz,Jan Sendzimir Pdf

This open access book surveys the frontier of scientific river research and provides examples to guide management towards a sustainable future of riverine ecosystems. Principal structures and functions of the biogeosphere of rivers are explained; key threats are identified, and effective solutions for restoration and mitigation are provided. Rivers are among the most threatened ecosystems of the world. They increasingly suffer from pollution, water abstraction, river channelisation and damming. Fundamental knowledge of ecosystem structure and function is necessary to understand how human acitivities interfere with natural processes and which interventions are feasible to rectify this. Modern water legislation strives for sustainable water resource management and protection of important habitats and species. However, decision makers would benefit from more profound understanding of ecosystem degradation processes and of innovative methodologies and tools for efficient mitigation and restoration. The book provides best-practice examples of sustainable river management from on-site studies, European-wide analyses and case studies from other parts of the world. This book will be of interest to researchers in the field of aquatic ecology, river system functioning, conservation and restoration, to postgraduate students, to institutions involved in water management, and to water related industries.

Author : Darren Swanson,Suruchi Bhadwal
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788132101475

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Creating Adaptive Policies by Darren Swanson,Suruchi Bhadwal Pdf

This title describes the concept of adaptive policymaking and presents seven tools for developing such policies. Based on hundreds of interviews with people impacted by policy and research of over a dozen policy case studies, this book serves as a pragmatic guide for policymakers by elaborating on these seven tools.

Author : C. S. Holling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Ecology
ISBN : OCLC:456714163

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Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management by C. S. Holling Pdf