Sustainable Landscape Planning : The Reconnection Agenda

ISBN-13: 9781849712637 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 166 str.

Paul Selman

Opis

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Recenzje

"This book would be appropriate for undergraduate students and those interested in sustainable natural resource management. […]Certainly, better connections between city and countryside and society and nature are important issues in both the New and Old World." Brock Paciejewski and John Shults, Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada, in the International Journal of Wilderness

Spis treści

1. Landscape – Connections and Disconnections  2. Functions, Services and Values of Landscapes  3. Change and Resilience in Landscapes  4. Physical Connections in Landscapes  5. Social Connections in Landscapes  6. Landscape Connectivity in the Future: Thinking and Doing

O autorze

Paul Selman is Emeritus Professor of Landscape at the University of Sheffield, where he was formerly Head of Department. He has published extensively on landscape, environmental management and sustainable development, and has undertaken research for a range of government agencies as well as Research Councils.