Integrated Research In Natural Resources

Author : Wendy Proctor
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643101982

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Integrated Mission-directed Research by Wendy Proctor Pdf

This book offers readers the chance to learn from the experiences of researchers involved in integrated mission-directed research, particularly in the areas of natural resource management and regional development. Integrated Mission-directed Research covers important issues in integration science, supported by case studies that detail how to engage individuals and communities, and support policy decisions and development. The authors explore case studies undertaken in Australia, Europe, Thailand and Indonesia, as well as perspectives from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Closing chapters demonstrate key challenges for researchers and essential questions that should be answered when trying to set up integrated research. Potential benefits that could be obtained from effective integrated mission-directed research are included, as well as assessment questions to assist researchers to see if such benefits have been truly obtained. Written by experienced researchers, many of whom were involved in CSIRO’s Social and Economic Integration Emerging Science Initiative, the book explores how integrated research is now seen as crucial in achieving sustainability outcomes in natural resource management.

Author : Roger N. Clark,George H Stankey
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 1422317390

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Integrated Research in Natural Resources by Roger N. Clark,George H Stankey Pdf

Integrated research (IR) is about achieving holistic understanding of complex biophysical & social issues & problems. It is driven by the need to improve understanding about such systems & to improve resource mgmt. by using the results of IR processes. Integrated questions drives the search for integrated understand., but tradition, inertia, institutional culture, budgets, training, & lack of effective leadership foster reductionism or minimal degrees of integration rather than any substantial, sustainable effort toward integrated research. This paper discusses a phased approach to framing IR questions & addressing the substantial barriers that impede integrated efforts. Progress must begin with more effective leadership throughout various levels of a research org.

Author : Roger N. Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1226798643

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Integrated Research in Natural Resources :. by Roger N. Clark Pdf

Author : Michael J. Manfredo,Jerry J. Vaske,Andreas Rechkemmer,Esther A. Duke
Publisher : Springer
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789401789592

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Understanding Society and Natural Resources by Michael J. Manfredo,Jerry J. Vaske,Andreas Rechkemmer,Esther A. Duke Pdf

In this edited open access book leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds wrestle with social science integration opportunities and challenges. This book explores the growing concern of how best to achieve effective integration of the social science disciplines as a means for furthering natural resource social science and environmental problem solving. The chapters provide an overview of the history, vision, advances, examples and methods that could lead to integration. The quest for integration among the social sciences is not new. Some argue that the social sciences have lagged in their advancements and contributions to society due to their inability to address integration related issues. Integration merits debate for a number of reasons. First, natural resource issues are complex and are affected by multiple proximate driving social factors. Single disciplinary studies focused at one level are unlikely to provide explanations that represent this complexity and are limited in their ability to inform policy recommendations. Complex problems are best explored across disciplines that examine social-ecological phenomenon from different scales. Second, multi-disciplinary initiatives such as those with physical and biological scientists are necessary to understand the scope of the social sciences. Too frequently there is a belief that one social scientist on a multi-disciplinary team provides adequate social science representation. Third, more complete models of human behavior will be achieved through a synthesis of diverse social science perspectives.

Author : Michael P. Gillingham,Greg R. Halseth,Chris J. Johnson,Margot W. Parkes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319221236

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The Integration Imperative by Michael P. Gillingham,Greg R. Halseth,Chris J. Johnson,Margot W. Parkes Pdf

The purpose of this work is to develop a better understanding and thinking about the cumulative impacts of multiple natural resource development projects. Cumulative impacts are now one of the most pressing, but complex challenges facing governments, industry, communities, and conservation and natural resource professionals. There has been technical and policy research exploring how cumulative environmental impacts can be assessed and managed. These studies, however, have failed to consider the necessary integration of community, environment and health. Informed by knowledge and experience in northern British Columbia, this book seeks to expand our understanding of the cumulative impacts of natural resource development through an integrated lens. The book offers a timely response to a growing imperative – proposing integrative response to multiple natural resource developments in a way that addresses converging environment, community and health issues. Informed by the editors’ experiences across several complementary areas of expertise, we envision this book as appealing to a wide range of researchers, educators and practitioners, with relevance to a growing audience with appetite for and interest in integrative approaches.

Author : Roger N. Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Forest policy
ISBN : MINN:31951D02977076A

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Integrated Research in Natural Resources by Roger N. Clark Pdf

Integrated research is about achieving holistic understanding of complex biophysical and social issues and problems. It is driven by the need to improve understanding about such systems and to improve resource management by using the results of integrated research processes. Traditional research tends to fragment complex problems, focusing more on the pieces of problems rather than the whole that comprises multiple interrelationships and interactions. The outcome is that a lot is known about the parts (e.g., recreation, fish, and wildlife) but relatively little about how they are interrelated. There seems to be general agreement that integrated questions must drive the search for integrated understanding, but tradition, inertia, institutional culture, budgets, training, and lack of effective leadership foster reductionism (at worst) or minimal degrees of integration (at best) rather than any substantial, sustainable effort toward integrated research. In this paper, a phased approach to framing integrated research questions and addressing the substantial barriers that impede integrated efforts are discussed. A key conclusion is that to make any significant progress toward comprehensive integrated research will require more than rhetoric. Progress must begin with more effective leadership throughout various levels of research organizations.

Author : Lawrence K. Wang,Mu-Hao Sung Wang,Yung-Tse Hung
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030610029

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Integrated Natural Resources Research by Lawrence K. Wang,Mu-Hao Sung Wang,Yung-Tse Hung Pdf

This book is a sister volume to Volume 20 of the Handbook of Environmental Engineering Series, "Integrated Natural Resources Management", and expands on the themes of that volume by addressing the conservation and protection of natural resources in an environmental engineering context through state-of-the-art research methodologies and technologies. With a focus on water and wastewater treatment, the book takes a multidisciplinary approach to provide readers with an understanding of developments in natural resources technology over the last few decades, and how technology and industry methods will progress to ensure cleaner and sustainable methods of natural resources management. The key topics covered include biological activated carbon treatment for recycling biotreated wastewater, composting for food processing wastes, treatment of wastewater from chemical industries, agricultural waste as a low-cost adsorbent, and the invention, design and construction of potable water dissolved air flotation and filtration plants. The book will be useful to environmental resources engineers, researchers, water treatment plant managers, chemical engineers, industrial plant managers, and environmental conservation agencies.

Author : Philippines. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1989*
Category : Environmental sciences
ISBN : LCCN:92944668

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Integrated Research and Development Plans and Programs of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 1989-1993 by Philippines. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Pdf

Author : Andres Weintraub,Carlos Romero,Trond Bjørndal,Rafael Epstein
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387718156

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Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources by Andres Weintraub,Carlos Romero,Trond Bjørndal,Rafael Epstein Pdf

Here is the first systematic handbook treatment of quantitative modeling natural resource problems, their allocated efficient use, and societal and economic impact. Andrés Weintraub is the very top person in Natural Resource research. He has selected co-editors who are at the top of the sub-fields in natural resources: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and mining. The book covers these areas with contributions from researchers on, among others, modeling natural research problems, quantifying data, and developing algorithms.

Author : Bruce Morgan Campbell,Jeffrey A. Sayer
Publisher : CABI Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-08
Category : Natural resources
ISBN : 1845933419

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Integrated Natural Resources Management by Bruce Morgan Campbell,Jeffrey A. Sayer Pdf

This book discusses both the principles and applications of an integrated approach to natural resources management. It deals directly with the wider integration of natural resources, including the complexity of systems and redirecting research towards including participatory approaches, multi-scale analysis and an array of tools for system analysis, information management and impact asessment.This book has been developed from papers first presented at a workshop in Penang, Malaysia in 2000. Each paper has been peer-reviewed, revised and updated up to the end of 2002. Case studies from around the world, particularly Asia, Africa and Latin America, are presented by international experts.

Author : Bruce Morgan Campbell,Jeffrey Sayer
Publisher : CABI
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780851997315

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Integrated Natural Resource Management by Bruce Morgan Campbell,Jeffrey Sayer Pdf

This book, which contains 15 separately authored chapters, discusses both the principles and applications of an integrated approach to natural resource management. Such an approach must embrace the complexity of systems and redirect research towards the greater inclusion of issues such as participatory approaches, multi-scale analysis and an array of tools for system analysis, information management and impact assessment. Case studies, particularly from developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, are included. This book is of interest to a wide range of readers in many disciplines, including forestry, soil and management sciences, agriculture, and development studies.

Author : Jianguo Liu,William W. Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521784336

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Integrating Landscape Ecology Into Natural Resource Management by Jianguo Liu,William W. Taylor Pdf

The rapidly increasing global population has dramatically increased the demands for natural resources and has caused significant changes in quantity and quality of natural resources. To achieve sustainable resource management, it is essential to obtain insightful guidance from emerging disciplines such as landscape ecology. This text addresses the links between landscape ecology and natural resource management. These links are discussed in the context of various landscape types, a diverse set of resources and a wide range of management issues. A large number of landscape ecology concepts, principles and methods are introduced. Critical reviews of past management practices and a number of case studies are presented. This text provides many guidelines for managing natural resources from a landscape perspective and offers useful suggestions for landscape ecologists to carry out research relevant to natural resource management. In addition, it will be an ideal supplemental text for graduate and advanced undergraduate ecology courses.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1647 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781522508045

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Natural Resources Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

The perseveration of our natural environment has become a critical objective of environmental scientists, business owners, and citizens alike. Because we depend on natural resources to survive, uncovering methods for preserving and maintaining these resources has become a focal point to ensure a high quality of life for future generations. Natural Resources Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications emphasizes the importance of land, soil, water, foliage, and wildlife conservation efforts and management. Focusing on sustainability solutions and methods for preserving the natural environment, this critical multi-volume research work is a comprehensive resource for environmental conservationists, policymakers, researchers, and graduate-level students interested in identifying key research in the field of natural resource preservation and management.

Author : Laura Anne German,Jeremias Mowo,Tilahun Amede,Kenneth Masuki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136493706

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Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Highlands of Eastern Africa by Laura Anne German,Jeremias Mowo,Tilahun Amede,Kenneth Masuki Pdf

This book documents a decade of research, methodological innovation, and lessons learned in an eco-regional research-for-development program operating in the eastern African highlands, the African Highlands Initiative (AHI). It does this through reflections of the protagonists themselves—AHI site teams and partners applying action research to development innovation as a means to enhance the impact of their research. The book summarizes the experiences of farmers, research and development workers and policy and decision-makers who have interacted within an innovation system with the common goal of implementing an integrated approach to natural resource management (NRM) in the humid highlands. This book demonstrates the crucial importance of "approach" in shaping the outcomes of research and development, and distils lessons learned on what works, where and why. It is enriched with examples and case studies from five benchmark sites in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, whose variability provides the reader with an in-depth knowledge of the complexities of integrated NRM in agro-ecosystems that play an important role in the rural economy of the region. It is shown that the struggle to achieve sustainable agricultural development in challenging environments is a complex one, and can only be effectively achieved through combined efforts and commitment of individuals and institutions with complementary roles.

Author : Hermann Waibel,David Zilberman
Publisher : CABI
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845932848

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International Research on Natural Resource Management by Hermann Waibel,David Zilberman Pdf

Over the past two decades, significant investment has been made into agriculture-related natural resource management research in developing countries. This collection of case studies establishes a methodological foundation for impact assessments of NRMR through a discussion of research conducted by the CGIAR around the world.